[Leica] More on landscapes with M cameras

["Khoffberg" <khoffberg@email.msn.com>]

Thanks to all who responded.  To synthesize what folks have said thus far.

1) Consider the possibility of digital clean up after the fact.  For me
personally, it's probably not the best choice.  One of the reasons I shoot
transparencies and not black and white is that I don't want to mess around
with the image once I've taken the picture.  Nothing cosmic, just where I am
in my own development (didn't mean a pun there).  Having said that, I think
it's a terrific suggestion.
2) Shoot print film.  I don't know that I heard agreement on that point but
it seems valid.
3) Try a screw-in grad.  Nigel, I'd appreciate any suggestions you have on
what you use, where you get it if it's unusual, and how you frame the
picture to place it.  For example, do you make any allowances for the f stop
you're using.
4) Agree with posters who suggest using an ND Grad is problematic at best
where the horizon line is all chopped up.
5) Use a different camera didn't come up, but it is still a possibility.
6) Frame differently or shoot at another time of day.

Seemed like a worthwhile thread.  Thanks for your help.  I guess I've
concluded that I'll keep hacking around with and ND when I think I need it
(help Nigel!).  If I think I'll need to use it heavily, I'll just take a
different camera.  When none of that works, frame differently.

In answer to the questions about Brian Bowers book: yes, the images were
predominately shot with 21 and 35 mm with about two done  with 90mm and
maybe one or two with 50mm.  Everything else was done with a Hasselblad or
some version of an R.  No Nikons.  No long lenses.

Kevin Hoffberg