Hi Chuck,
It is cropped. No flash. Have you forgotten already that snow, beneath an
elevated subject, can make a perfect reflector? And this was also shot
through the storm door glass, because I don't have a blind to hide me from
the birds.
Thanks for looking.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More About Ross Lens
> Looks a bit grainy/noisy. Is this a small crop of a larger image? I
> also note a bit of confusion on my part re the lighting. I don't
> understand the relatively strong light coming from below which is
> casting shadows of the birds above them. Did you have a low mounted
> flash out there?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 1/14/2011 2:03 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I received my monopod yesterday, and tried it with the E-1 and the
>> only two 200mm lenses that I have, the Ross 200mm f/16 from 1890, and
>> a Pentax Takumar from the 1970s. The monopod helps with steadying
>> the camera, which I will find useful. Surprisingly, the Ross lens
>> holds it own with its more modern, though old itself, competitor.
>> Colors seem a little brighter with the coated Pentax lens, but the
>> Ross seems a little sharper.
>>
>> Here is a Ross image, again, shot through a storm door glass.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cardinal+2.jpg.html
>>
>> This exercise makes a Leica-R 250mm f/4 Telyt look very interesting.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
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