Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 03 August 2002 12:42 Subject: Re: [Leica] GeeBees' PAW Week 31 > excellent image Graham... the right moment, full of drama .... please give us the > details, looks cropped out of a bigger picture, and do you have any other interesting > shots in this sequence. Steve > > > > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_31.html > > =============================================================== Steve, Absolutely correct, huge crop. Imagine the neg lined horizontally and vertically in thirds and what you see is the middle rectangle or to put it another way, one ninth of the neg. I took two shots with the 35mm which was the lens I had on as I approached and this was the second shot of two with that lens. Yes I know, what kind of doofus shoots sports action with a 35mm lens? Answer, this doofus. I switched to the 50mm Noctilux and got a little closer for the next three shots and as a consequence these are about one third of the neg. Yes I know, what kind of doofus uses a Noctilux in full sun? Answer; this doofus. I do have a 90mm and a 135mm but I wanted a few bankers in focus before I got ambitious.Then calamity, the exposure meter 'crapped out' (thanks Ted for the graphic description). Although I have a hand held meter in the bag and I am perfectly capable of getting acceptable results in such circumstances with no meter at all, I stopped shooting? What kind of doofus stops shooting when the pickings are so rich. Answer, this doofus.To say I was depressed by the meter failure is an understatement bordering on the supernatural. Right there, right then, I could have cheerfully packed in photography and taken up croquet. The bad news for the PAW haters is that I'm over it now :-) All five pics in sequence are posted where I normally share pics with the IRC crowd: http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/previews.html Graham http://geebeephoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html