rory_edge1 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I used a Leica double stroke M3 with 135mm lens (at 1/1000 sec) and a Mamiya 7 with 150mm lens (at 1/500 sec) to photograph some whales last week. No doubt this kind of photography is normally done with a digital camera/zoom lens that can shoot several frames per second. I used what I have, and was surprised to discover that the Leica and Mamiya worked pretty well. I think that the biggest challenge was the fact that I hadn't tried photographing whales before, not the gear. I'd love to see examples of other rangefinder photographs of fast-moving, unpredictable wildlife to get a sense of what the limits are, or aren't. <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/6361414-md.jpg"></center> <center>Leica</center> <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/6361362-md.jpg"></center> <center>Mamiya</center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry_kincaid2 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 This may not qualify. Taken from a bridge with Leica's new 28mm f2.8 ASPH lens and Leica M8. First image shows the full frame. The goose had just taken off from the log on the right and I just had time to take a quick photo. So, this qualifies as a quick wildlife photo. Rather boring, though. The second photo to come is a severe crop of the same image, showing how well cropping works with a good lens in place of zooming with a medium quality lens. Serious cropping hardly ever comes up as a way of capturing widelife with a rangefinder camera and wide angle lens. Lens works well, by the way.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry_kincaid2 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 This is rather brown compared to the whale photo above.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhooru Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1105/855650419_957a7f83f4_o.jpg"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rory_edge1 Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 I should do a little colour correction and a bit of cropping on these, but here are a couple more examples. <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/6361946-md.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/6361981-md.jpg"</center> <center>Leica</center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rory_edge1 Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Finnbacks. The two M3/135mm whale photos were cropped slightly at the top to eliminate the horizon and a rock shoreline respectively. <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/6362018-md.jpg"></center> <center>Leica</center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_fleetwood Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 IIf, Elmar 90/4<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_chappell Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 <I>Finnbacks</i><P> Humpbacks, most likely. Finbacks have neat semicircular dorsals, not the 'double humped' fins seen here, which are characteristic of humpbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Humpback feeding<div></div> Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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