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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bee Image with Close-Up Lens, for Moose
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:09:22 +0200
References: <a5274879-338d-0d5c-1b1b-25cd65833f0b@lighttube.net>

As sharp as it is, the shot deserves less contrast and smoother tones to 
work for me.

However, keep experimenting Jim, you?re so good at that :-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 13 oct. 2020 ? 18:59, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit :
> 
> I obtain close-ups of insects in many different ways.  Yesterday, Moose 
> mentioned close-up lenses, which I haven't used for some time.  Today, I 
> magnetically attached my 2.5 diopter  close-up lens to a Pentax 55/1.8 
> lens on the X-T2 and went to the Buddleia.  This setup allows a working 
> distance of about 12 inches or less, so I had to find a subject I could 
> move in close to. This Carpenter Bee was cooperative.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201013-DSCF2251.JPG.html
> 
> Ignore the lens data in Exif.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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