Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well Peter, this one is quite wonderful. Well done Cheers On Tuesday, Apr 8, 2003, at 13:55 Australia/Melbourne, Peter Klein wrote: > Doug's birds, as usual, are on a level beyond what most of us can > dream of. On a more fallible mortal level, here's my latest foray > into the six-legged world. > > http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/Jaws6233.jpg > > When this one came up on the screen, I imagined a line that might have > come from some 1930s pulp science fiction novel: "His murderous > mantibles gaping in anticipation, General Gzalpth loomed above the > supine Princess Aurelia. . ." > > Coolpix 990. The usual 35 Summicron-M-cum-closeup lens replaced by the > 28/2.8 Zuiko, which chops off the corners, but magnifies a bit more. > Nice bokeh. Total field is 8mm wide. It also clearly shows the > contrast limitations of a digicam, and *you* try getting a strand of > dust out of a mouth less than 1mm wide! Still, it's fun to photograph > things so small you can't see them. > > --Peter Klein > (trying to be the Bugman of Seattle?) > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html