Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Another Bug Pic
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:21:43 +1000

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?)
>
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Alastair

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