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Re: [OM] IMG: Bird Feeder Abstract

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Bird Feeder Abstract
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:32:33 +1100
Hey, that's Birdy Bokeh!
I suggest a tripod and try shooting people. They tend to hold still. Go look at 
the work of Julia Margaret Cameron - she was working about twenty years before 
your lens was born I think.
Andrew Fildes
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On 19/01/2011, at 3:14 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> While experimenting on a rainy morning, I cobbled together my old Ross 200mm 
> and a 2X extender, and mounted them on the E-1 and a monopod.  Even at ISO 
> 800, the shutter speeds were ridiculously slow.  I concluded that a monopod 
> is little help in this situation.  A tripod would have served me much better.
> 
> One image caught my eye because of the lateral motion allowed by the monopod, 
> giving somewhat of an abstract rendering of a Cardinal on the feeder.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Bird+Feeder+Abstract.jpg.html
> 
> Let the brick bats begin!

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