[Leica] Friday Flowers SonC

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:22 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Sonny are you shooting flowers in a new fashion/style this last little
> while?
>

Thanks Ted,

I've been doing this, or a variation of it  for a couple years, since I
started using the M8.  It really becomes most evident when the flower is
very small. and the background fairly distant.

I ask because I think your past few flower postings you have what appeared
> to be "shooting nearly wide open?"  The appearance in the photographs makes
> the flowers pop off the screen more sharply and completely separated from
> the "lovely way out of focus bkgd!" Which I admire the style and look very
> much. :-)
>

Many of my flowers are shot with the 35mm Summicron asph, and as you
guessed, wide open or nearly so, and at about as close as the lens will
focus.

After that, I just rely on the ability to crop the M8 image to get what I
need.

>
> Just wondered if you had been doing it as a deliberate change or by
> accident? Over to you?
>

Not a change, here's a look at some of the past Flowers, I've been doing it
awhile, but Thanks!

http://www.sonc.com/friday/index.html

>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 8:59 AM
> Subject: [Leica] Friday Flowers SonC
>
>
> >I was out there before work to get this, and I guess it is all about
> knowing
> > where the flowers are in your town, because on an arctic blast day like
> > this, they're few out there, for sure.
> >
> > My son Eric heads up the road today from warm 26 degree Louisiana back to
> 8
> > degree Oklahoma today. He starts classes at Oklahoma City University
> > Monday.  Ya'll take care of him, OK?  We're going to miss him.
> >
> > So, here's the only Friday Flowers I could find without freezing my booty
> > off this morning.  I found them over next to the American Cemetery.  I
> hope
> > you can keep warm!
> >
> > http://www.sonc.com/friday_jan_8_2008.htm
> >
> > Leica M8 Summicron 35 asph
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sonny
> > http://www.sonc.com
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> > Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > (+31.754164,-093.099080)
> >
> > USA
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Regards,

Sonny
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http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
(+31.754164,-093.099080)

USA