Re: [Leica] Photos of Tokyo

["Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>]

Dave:

Its still a great picture.  I think the distracted expression on the girls'
faces just adds a kind of surreal quality to the image.  Thanks for sharing
it.

Mike D

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 5:26 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Photos of Tokyo


> Mike,
>
> Many thanks for the comments. I just read an article this morning that
> 700,000 people communte through this one subway station (Tokyo main) each
> and every day. I agree completely with what you say regarding the moped
> photo. I'd like to have been closer.
>
> Here's another shot from Tokyo Disneyland, this one taken with at 35/1.4
> ASPH. I don't know either of the subjects. They were just talking to each
> other. They looked at me. I held up my camera and asked, "Picture?" They
> both smiled and went into the pose you see. One thing I noticed is that
> people are very photo friendly in Japan. Granted, this was Tokyo
Disneyland,
> but I experienced the same thing everywhere; I even had one occasion where
> complete strangers asked me to take their photo with my camera.
>
> Unfortunately, my friend, who was standing a few feet to my left, said
> something a moment before I snapped the shutter. The two young ladies
looked
> at him. I didn't notice until I saw the image. I was even using my M6, and
I
> should have noticed. Oh well! But I had one chance. Timing is so
important.
> I was intent on making sure that nobody walked in front of the camera, and
> on keeping the columns vertically aligned.
> http://www.lightcurves.com/images/tokyodis.jpg
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Durling [mailto:durling@widomaker.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 6:54 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Photos of Tokyo
>
>
> I like the subway picture a lot because the motion blur really accentuates
> the feeling of people hurrying towards their destination.   Its one of
those
> "being there" pictures that I like so much.
>
> The moped image is a striking composition, but the moped is just a little
> too small.  Of course walking out into traffic with a Heliar in your eye
is
> probably not recommended in Tokyo or anywhere else.
>
> Mike D
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 4:53 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Photos of Tokyo
>
>
> > A couple of early scans from Tokyo. First, the entrance of the Tokyo
> Subway
> > as we get ready to plunge into the underground maze. Heavy metal music
> > danced in my head, and I was running when I shot this.
> > http://www.lightcurves.com/images/tokyosubway.jpg
> >
> > One of the many mopeds in Tokyo. I so wanted to buy one and bring it
back
> to
> > the US.
> > http://www.lightcurves.com/images/tokyostreet.jpg
> >
> > Both shot with 15mm Heliar. Don't look now but I had to digitally remove
> my
> > finger from the moped image.
> >
> > Dave
> >
>