Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: New Dew + Strange Flare Spots
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Fri Apr 20 10:58:03 2007
References: <200704192232.l3JMT3fw090458@server1.waverley.reid.org> <l03130302c24eae442ae4@129.89.124.227>

Alan,
Pretty cool OOF.  So much so that I would look for specular highlights to
shoot OOF.  What it looks like is on of the old soft focus lenses with discs
to use the edge rays instead of the sharp central core.

On 4/20/07, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
>
> I took two more dew pictures this morning.  One at f/3.5 (my preferred),
> and one at maybe f/8(?).  The stopped down photo has out of focus
> highlights unlike any I've ever seen without anything in front of the
> lens,
> and I've fooled around with diffusion a lot.  I've included a magnified
> version of these spots.
>
> Smooth background:
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ColorPhotos/DropWideStop_A
> MR.jpg.html>
>
> Stopped down:
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ColorPhotos/DropSmallStop_
> AMR.jpg.html>
>
> Magnified:
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ColorPhotos/SmallStopUFOs_
> AMR.jpg.html>
>
> I appologize in advance if the URLs still do not work right. I tried
> adjusting.
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak
> Senior Photographer
> Photo Services
> Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee
> Information & Media Technologies
> amr3@uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
>
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Don
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