Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Luggers: Last night I picked up a copy of the magazine with Erwin Putts review of the Noctilux article in it. It got me inspired to scan a few Noctilux pictures I have taken in B&W. These first two were taken at a family reunion in June. Cigar is a picture that was lit only by the lighter and a dim incandescent light behind her. It was taken at f1 and at 30th of a second hand held. The film was tmax P3200 rated at ei 1600 and developed in Tmax developer. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/cigar.jpg The second picture of my cousin Kim was taken in the boat house with incandescent light at f1 and around 125th of a second. I like the sparkle the Noctilux gives to the eyes, which are not perfectly focused. Film was also Tmax P3200 at 1600. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/Kim.jpg The next two pictures were taken with Tmax 100 at a neighbors boat house last month. This gentleman, Bruce, is retired and is eighty years old. During the summer, he has daily meeting with his friend at noon where they share a drink. They call it their Director's meeting. If you make it to his Director's meeting, you are part of the "in Crowd" of Chester, a community outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where a lot of people have summer homes. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/Bruce.jpg The second picture is of one of the Directors, Boyd, who is also in his eighties. He is the second or third generation of his family from Philadelphia that have spent the summer in Chester. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/Boyd.jpg What I like about the Noctilux in both these photos is how it handles flare and gives very smooth skin tones. These men look much younger in these pictures than they actually are. In this boathouse where the pictures were taken, it is dim with bright light coming in the windows. This light from the windows is very clear in the Boyd picture and does not seem to cause any flare. There is still good detail in the shadows. I hope this post has not been too long. I regret I do not have a nicely formatted web page to display them on, but I will get around to that next month. I have been volunteered to do a presentation to our Photo Guild on the creation of a web site in October. I guess I had best start learning it now. Any suggestions on programs that facilitates the creation of a web page? You comments and criticisms on the pictures are appreciated. Regards, Robert