Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, Did you mean "hands held" while Nikon rests on concrete block? ;-) Aside from the obvious technical quality, additional elements in play here, lighting, bokeh, comp, color, contrast, all seem to combine in a proportion that puts this image in that special place, that little slice of area between the virtual and abstract where great photos live! Montie On 19/11/2010 23:10, H&ECummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > Here's my contribution - again from the Orchid Garden in the Botanical > Gardens. > This one taken with the 90 Summicron on the D700, hand held at minimum > focus distance. > Please look large. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2010_001/PurpleOrchidW.jpg.html > > > http://tinyurl.com/2bbzjkc > > C&C always welcome > > Howard (in Hong Kong)