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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Poison Mushrooms
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed Oct 1 16:56:50 2008
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On Oct 1, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Hi Luis,
>
> I like to use the Summitar. The photos look more real to me. No  
> digital look. For this photo I just cropped it very little. Nothing  
> else done to it. No macro attachments. But that gives me an idea. I  
> should try the DR Summicron on the M8.

yes you should Len...

either put the lens cassette into a rigid mount, or have DAG crop the  
DR mount,

as a number of us have done...


Steve





>
>
> Best Regards,
> Len
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>
>> Hi Len,
>>
>> Nice to see the picture with the Summitar, with Macro attachments?
>>
>> Saludos cordiales
>> LLuis
>>
>>
>> El 01/10/2008, a las 3:00, Leonard Taupier escribi?:
>>
>>> After three days of on and off rain I found these mushrooms  
>>> surrounding my small Spruce tree in my back yard. It was strange  
>>> that they were no where else in the yard.
>>>
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/AmanitaMuscaria.jpg.html 
>>> >
>>>
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/AmanitaMuscaria_2.jpg.html 
>>> >
>>>
>>> One of the mushrooms behind the tree was about 10" in diameter.  
>>> Before I could take it's picture it fell over and broke.
>>>
>>> I identified the mushroom as a Amanita Muscaria var. formosa.  
>>> These mushrooms are found throughout the USA. On the west coast  
>>> the cap color is more red where on the east coast  they are more  
>>> orange or yellow.  If anyone can identify it as a different type  
>>> please correct me.
>>>
>>> This mushroom is listed as poisonous but has been used as a  
>>> hallucinogen if prepared properly and in small quantities but can  
>>> also cause a person to go into a coma after becoming sick.
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking.
>>> Len
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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