Thanks for your sense of humor, Andrew. I think I am suffering from "cabin
fever", brought on by the recent snow.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Bird Feeder Abstract
> 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
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> 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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