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Aperture Series: Teak Bench at Dusk with Grass (M240)
Shot on the 24-megapixel Leica M Typ 240. Compare this example to a similar one shot on the 36-megapixel Sony A7R.
Series shot at dusk with exposures from 2 seconds to 32 seconds.
Teak bench at dusk with grass
Adobe Camera Raw 8.3(141): settings, Camera Profile = Embedded
It was late dusk, and a flashlight had to be used to focus; the f/4 aperture makes a powerful pocket flashlight a necessary accessory for such shooting (a little darker, and even f/2 becomes troublesome without supplementary light).
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