Joel,
I went out with my E-510 and Elmarit-R 2.8/28 and photographed the same
blooms one day later. Now the blooms are open and the stamens are fully
formed. Thought you might like this better.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Crocus+One+Day+Later.tif.html
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Joel Wilcox" To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"
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Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Sign of Spring
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> This photo, not made with my Olympus gear, received a cool reception on
>> another list. I still like it. Please give me your opinion.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Crocus+2.jpg.html
>
> I instantly liked the photo, but in the next moment I began to
> question how accurately I was seeing what the original might have
> looked like. This in turn reminded me of difficulties I have had in
> photographing white flowers.
>
> On this monitor the highlights hold pretty well but the shadows might
> be deeper than they need to be. The stamens appear overly-saturated.
> That's not so much a comment about the intensity of the color as the
> fact that I can't make out much detail in them. This kind of subject
> is going to be difficult to make universally successful as a web image
> because variances in people's monitors will make so much of difference
> in how the subject is perceived.
>
> I've actrually never seen white crocuses before. I'd like to see the
> original photo. The petals remind me of egg shells.
>
> Joel W.
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