[LRflex] Re: 1st. attempts: Bird Photos
- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:02:20 -0700
Eric
I guess I am in the minority. I find the background quite harsh. Is this a
characteristic of that lens you have noticed in the past or is this just due
to the particular situation and juxtaposition (wow never used that word in
casual converstaion) of the branches and flowers for this particular tree?
When I was using CZ lenses on my old Rollei SL-35, I never noticed such a
harsh bokay. I didn't have the 135 Sonar, just the 135 Tessar.
That said, you have done a better job than I could ever hope to do at
capturing those little critters.
Aram
>From: LEICAFLEX <leicaflex@xxxxxxxxx>
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>To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [LRflex] 1st. attempts: Bird Photos
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:35:24 -0700
>
>Hi all,
>
>This forum has inspired me to try bird photography - thanks to Doug
>Herr, Douglas Sharp and everyone else:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/For-the-Birds/23_Sun_Bird_8X10
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/For-the-Birds/24_Sunbird_AC_8X10
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/For-the-Birds/33_15_Sunbird_Flight_Crop
>
>Typically I shoot with a Leicaflex SL or R7, but sorry to ruffle some
>feathers by saying that I used an off-topic non-digital system, i.e.
>Zeiss Sonnar 135mm HFT lens at full 2.8 aperture on the Rolleiflex
>3003. (I used full aperture to blur out the background and check out
>the Zeiss "bokeh".) The reason for going off-topic was because I had
>12 frames left in the roll of Fuji Superia 400ASA and the brief
>respite from rain on Easter Sunday in the Bay Area called for
>immediate action! These were taken at my front yard, processed by
>Long's Drugstore and scanned with their Fuji Frontier machine into
>TIFF files. A lot cheaper than a DMR!
>
>I don't have time right now to try my own scanner, but I used PS
>Elements to remove some of the Fuji Frontier scan artifacts with
>gaussian blur - these artifacts look different from film grain, more
>like a mottled texture. Anyone have input on this? PS Elements
>unsharp mask was applied to bring back some detail and Auto contrast
>function was applied. I then cropped all 3 shots - the most cropped
>was the bird in flight. The Sunbird II shot was laterally inverted
>because I preferred the orientation of the bird on the right and red
>flower splotches on the left. I don't even know if this is a Sunbird.
>Maybe someone can correct me.
>
>Well, what do you guys think of my initial birding adventure? I kinda
>like the CZ lens' contrasty colors.
>
>Cheers,
>Eric Chan
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