[Leica] A trout painted on a flower... plus 300mm x 2 and: Adieu, for a while.

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Nice Fish! :-)

Good luck with the book. I'll look for your posts in Septmeber.


>Hi folks:
>
>Like James I too was busy on Friday but took these today with my BRAND NEW
>but very old pre-AI Micro-Nikkor Auto 1:3.5 55mm macro lens. It's my first
>real macro lens. Came with an M 1:1 extension tube which I did not use for
>these shots. Totally unbeknownst to me until I looked at the images, one of
>the flowers has on its right petal an unmistakable depiction of a trout
>rising to snatch a fly or some other edible item... a delightful serendipity
>of nature, at least to me, as I'm a big trout fan.  Taken at ISO 400 f3.5 at
>1/40th and minimally processed.   I'd love feedback on how to better use the
>new lens. Old lens. Three images here:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/toast+eatin_+bog+man/20100523/
>
>Second, you might recall an image I showed taken from my window with the
>Nikkor 200/4... Well today I was at it again, out the same window, with a
>relatively new toy -- an old AI 300mm f4.5 to which I added another newish
>toy, the old Nikon TC-1 Teleconverter 2X.  So I was with my little D40 and
>this monster of 600mm optical reach. I put one of the pics up next to the
>200mm one for comparison's sake. You'll notice the light today was very
>different; and so are the lenses, so I don't know how much each factored
>into the differences in color. I'm particularly interested in reactions to
>the doctored image versus the relatively unaltered one -- the unaltered crop
>looks better on the LUG Gallery page than the altered one, methinks.  All
>the images are here:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/toast+eatin_+bog+man/Nikon+200mm+f4+and+300mm+4-5/
>
>If you have time to look you have my deep thanks.
>
>Finally, after the next day or two and perhaps with no further comments I
>will need to take a couple of months off from the LUG; I am very late with a
>novel that's been under contract for a longer time than I care to admit and,
>with school finally done, I have promised myself this summer a rigorous
>writing schedule.  This whole LUG thing is toooo much fun and tooo
>interesting..... so I figure I'll sign off for a while and come back when
>school's back and I can escape the dreariness of my colleagues by pestering
>you folks again with my long-winded queries and remarks,
>
>You are all fantastic artists, technical wizards, delightful gearheads, and
>deeply intelligent people who, as I, don't mind a good argument. From that
>combination I've learned a great deal this past 18 months or so and gone
>from a completely ignorant beginner up a couple of rungs to the mildly
>ignorant level.  I'm most grateful for all you've taught me and all that
>you'll likely teach me next year.
>
>Best,
>
>Vince
>
>PS I figured out how to fix my monitor -- it took about three minutes once i
>found the function in the video card "control panel",  and I must say that
>the Dell people are the dumbest assed tech support folks I've ever
>encountered in my life. I tried about six of them too.  Another reason to
>own a Mac.  Or at least an HP.
>
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