Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter, nice try. Given the size of the Heron in the shot, I think even a 400 telybazooka wouldn't be enough firepower to really do the subject justice. Probably something like a 600mm telehowitzer would be more appropriate, possibly with a 1.4 or 2x converter. BTW, did you use the VC meter for this shot? Thanks for showing it regards, Mark Pope Swindon Wilts, UK http://www.monomagic.co.uk - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:08 AM Subject: [Leica] PWIFLI: I am not Doug Herr > A couple of weekends ago, I came upon this fellow wading in the shallows in > Blaine, Washington. Now, I'm not Doug Herr, and I don't have a 400mm > Telybazooka. But I had to do something. So I mounted my 90 on the M4-P > and tiptoed as close as I could get. > > So, one Great Blue Heron in black and white, Delta 100, 90mm Elmarit, > probably 1/500 @ f/8. This is only about half the frame, blown up as big > as I dare. > > http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/heron.jpg > > I really wish I'd had an SLR and a longer lens for this one. We're really > at the limit of a 2700 dpi scanner. > > --Peter > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html