Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny: Using your flatbed to scan flowers is the high-tech equivalent of those photograms we used to make when we were kids. Remember gathering leaves that had been skeletonized by insects, putting them on photographic paper and exposing them to light? Of course, the technology has improved a bit :-) Those little guys are really beautiful, and you've captured them beautifully. In fact, the method may be better than a macro lens for some subjects--you got great depth of field. --Peter At 08:40 PM 1/11/2007 -0800, you wrote: >I love tiny wild flowers. So today I wanted to show you some teeny ones >that are growing next to our building. They are about 1/8th inch across. > >I own lots of fancy cameras and lenses, but today I tried something else. >I >used my scanner. Kinda fun. Hope you like it! > >_http://www.sonc.com/friday_1_12_07.htm_ >(http://www.sonc.com/friday_1_12_07.htm)