Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"An this stunning photograph of a American striped yellow bill bald sparrow was taken by the vantage photographer, Doug Herr." XD On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Richard Man wrote: > > >Ha ha Jim, my first thought on seeing the subject line was a large format > >lens iris taken with a Dagor or something :-) > > > > > >On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net > >wrote: > > > >> Over 40 years ago, my wife transplanted some flowers from her childhood > >> home to our new home. Each Spring, some still favor us with blooms. > This > >> bearded Iris was captured with the vintage lens made for capturing > flowers, > >> the 1980 Leica Elmarit-R 60mm Macro. > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Vintage+Iris.jpg.html > >> > > > > I had similar thoughts, then I noticed the photo was made with a lens I > bought NEW in 1980! Eeek! > > Jim - it's a beautiful photo, I'd be delighted with it. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto