Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Both are beautiful, but I prefer the first one. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu @nwajsman.bsky.social ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 8 Jun 2025, at 07:44, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Loving the cactus blooms down here, and they are even accessible for me to > hobble to. So, here is a bit of an experiment and perhaps an unfair > comparison. First shot is camera on tripod, Nikon Z7ii with 105 S macro, > F8, 6 shots for focus stacking. In other words, perhaps the ideal of > what I can do. > > Cactus Flower-9985-Edit > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Flowers-Spring/Cactus+Flower-9985-Edit.jpg.html> > > Second shot was an afterthought with the Q3, handheld, so only one shot, > also F8 in Macro mode. Far from ideal. Perhaps I should have stopped > down more, but I did not want the gravel behind the flower to be too > sharp. Remember, 28mm lens. > > Cactus Flower-1004494 > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Flowers-Spring/Cactus+Flower-1004494.jpg.html> > > I have my obvious preference, but perhaps the other one would be > acceptable if I did not have the other camera setup. I know a tripod with > the Q3 and perhaps F4 to throw the gravel more out of focus, with multiple > exposures for stacking would have been better, but the flower was low and > with my knee I did not feel like bending over that much to get the shot > after I already had the Nikon shots. With 105mm I did not have to get > that low. > > So, comments welcome. What do you think? > > Aram > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information