Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 2/25/06 5:32 AM, Don Dory at don.dory@gmail.com wrote: > Doug, > Two points or so. First, this is a wonderful shot at 72dpi. Second, it is > good to know that you are human too and require a tripod with an 800mm > lens. at 1/15 sec hand-held would be pushing my luck a bit ;-) > Third, I suspect with some PS sharpening tricks this could in fact be > made into a reasonably sharp image at 11X14, the feathers and bars provide > edges that can be enhanced pretty easily with any artifacts buried in the > feather detail. I'd like to see what can be done. I've uploaded a 100% crop of the owl's face to http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/leow01crop.jpg. The file will be here for only a few days. This file is level 10 .jpg, no PS work other than color corrections and dust spotting. > >> Without further ado, my Long-eared Owl photo: >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/leow01.html >> >> Hardware, etc: Leicaflex SL2, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, 1.4x APO-Extender-R, >> Provia >> 400F film. Exposure was probably 1/15 sec with mirror pre-release. > -- Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com