Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:09 AM 11/12/2002 -0800, Ted Grant wrote: >Robert G. Stevens said: > > To quote Ted Grant: > > > > "It's keeping the shooting simple follow the KISS method:......Light, >eyes, > > action, shoot! > > ted" > > > > I was shooting last Saturday and tried to focus on the eyes, wait for the > > action and then shoot. The results are below. > > > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/PAW2002/wk45.htm > > > > What do you think?<<<< > >Hi Robert, >Veeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyyyy interesting! :-) Well done. :-) > >But I have to confess shooting football action and trying to focus on the >eyes wasn't ever in my plan for that sport unless the athlete was standing >still without a helmut on! ;-) I don't really know what I focus on. It happens too quick. I think I focus on the jersery. >I might add you must have had the luck of the Focus Gods with you at the >moment of this exposure. But then you're a damn fine sports photographer and >rarely need the Focus God's for help at anytime! ;-) He was running right towards me. I got two of the three I shot in focus. The other frame from this series is here: http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/IRC/FB/SMUsfx-11-09-2002-001.jpg What really throws me off is not the follow focusing, but when they start running parallel to the focus plain. I am still moving the focus in the follow focus mode and end up moving it out of focus. Thanks once again for the great compliments. Regards, Robert >ted > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html