Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Imagine awakening to see that looking at you ............... B. On 25-feb-2006, at 14:42, Douglas Herr wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information