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Subject: [Leica] First Pix
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:01:16 +0530
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Howard,
Generally you will have to work at f8-f11 to get more depth of field for
wildlife. That is where VR comes in so useful. It might not matter for
static subjects, but if the subject is moving slightly, even in good light,
you will be at ISO1600-3200 without VR.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:46 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Hi Doug,
> Thanks for your comments and questions. Much appreciated. Answers (*)
> below.
>
>>
>> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] First Pix with my
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>
>> Howard Cummer wrote:
>>
>>  ... the start of my 10,000 hours to get to be competent with it.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yc48nku
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yb57x82
>>> http://tinyurl.com/y9jwgd8
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yeqsx4p
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yedhvqs
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yad85uv
>>>
>>
>> Looks like a good start to me.
>>
> * Thank you. Coming from the "birdman" the comment is very much
> appreciated. :-)
>
>   I like the lemur's pose and expression, but I'd like to have seen more of
>> its tail.
>>
>
> * In looking at the downloads I noted I was concentrating mostly on getting
> sharp eyes and not looking at tails and feet. Have vowed to work on that.
>
>   In the Crested Boobi photo - I think this bird is also called Crowned
>> Crane - the background is rather disturbing, is this chain-link fencing?
>>
>
> * Exactly, the fencing around the exotic birds was very disturbing from a
> picture point of view. I threw out a lot of pictures for that very reason. 
> I
> also need to make notes about the names of the birds - several people have
> been kind enough to provide me with some names.
>
>   Looking forward to seeing more.
>>
>
> * Will do my best.
> Cheers
> Howard
>
>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
>
>
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