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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Blossoming Bokeh
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:14:50 -0400

Good for you Sonny your the nastiest guy in the neighborhood!  With more
built up nastiness and pure raw stupidity than I've ever seen.


On 3/13/13 7:42 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nope. You are wrong Mark.
> It is about making a pretty picture of flowers.
> Screw getting information sharp.
> Stupid rules about grain that you set.
> Why do my 21 mm lenses not suit you?
> If you have some helpful information, share it.
> You want us all to lock step and go shoot at night on the West side?
> ;-)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 
> USA
> 
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I may be you got the green leaf sharp and not so much the purple.
>> Regardless I think the shoot wide open ethic is way over used.
>> Its an effect which his its very limited usages. The people I knew called
>> it
>> "a selective focus shot" which is not a good phrase for it as its vague.
>> Macro photography is hard. Dying is easy.
>> Macro photography is for sure not about shooting wide open.
>> Its about stopping down as  much as you can with the hope that maybe 
>> you'll
>> get the needed information sharp.
>> And sure if you have a fast lens you need to be able to use it wide open 
>> or
>> there's no point. I just don't think macro shots are that point.
>> Right now I'd kill for a 50 1.4 I can use.
>> 1.8 seems kind of run of the mill.
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/11/13 1:38 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I recently had to have my Summilux 50 focus recalibrated and I try to
>> take
>>> opportunities to shoot it in focus critical conditions to confirm that it
>>> and I are working well together once more.
>>> A breezy day, lens wide open and at minimum focus distance today. I like
>> to
>>> set myself a challenge ;-)
>>> 
>>> This one and next two
>>> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/149147859>
>>> 
>>> Caution:  contain bountiful bokeh
>>> 
>>> *If you want to take more interesting pictures,
>>> stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Geoff
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Photography
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>> 
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