Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, Sep 1, 2025, 11:40?AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I have finally gotten out to shoot something other than the hillside by > my house to try out my new Nikon 300/4 PF lens. I have a lot to learn. > I have never shot with anything over 200 and then rarely so. I shot 60 > shots with maybe 5 with the focus being nailed on what I wanted. > Admittedly they are all up very close with a very shallow DOF and all > hand held, so any small waver will through the focus plane off, but they > were almost all off in the same way. I did not think you had to fine > tune the focus on a mirrorless camera, but maybe I do. > > Anyway, here are some shots of an 8 Spotted Skimmer by a pond. > > Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0358 > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/nl/Arboretum+Dragonfly+8+Spotted+Skimmer-0358.jpg.html > > > > Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0356 > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/nl/Arboretum+Dragonfly+8+Spotted+Skimmer-0356.jpg.html > > > > Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0352 > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/nl/Arboretum+Dragonfly+8+Spotted+Skimmer-0352.jpg.html > > > > And a Spreadwing Damselfly, not sure which one. > > Arboretum Dragonfly 8 Spotted Skimmer-0352 > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/nl/Arboretum+Dragonfly+8+Spotted+Skimmer-0352.jpg.html > > > > All are cropped about 50%. I have ordered a 1.4x Converter that is due > next week. > > Comments welcome > > Aram ==================================================================================== These are great. I especially like the first one. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer, Emeritus University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amagayneroshak at gmail.com <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt