[Leica] daly PAW 6

[brad at bradbrad.com (brad daly)]

ted,

thanks very much for the comments.

first, a correction:  it's eleanor friedBERGER, not friedman.  mea 
culpa.

second, after ted's comments, i viewed the pic on my powerbook, which 
has a much better screen than my iMac, and saw how bad it looked.  i 
have to stop photoshopping on the iMac!

anyhow, i played around with the contrast and levels as per your 
advice, ted, and i think it's much better.

http://www.bradbrad.com/fieryfurnaceseleanor.html

it was indeed an exposure nightmare at that show.  heavy backlighting.  
the fiery furnaces are an interesting band, composed of ms. friedberger 
and her brother matt.  (real brother and sister, unlike the white 
stripes)  they got into a fight before the show--we could see them 
through the backstage door, and sniped at each other throughout the 
show.  eleanor stood stock-still the *whole* time, so she never got 
where her face was in the light.  i shot a whole roll, and she's in the 
same spot throughout the whole show.  there are other photos of them 
around the net that show much more movement and much better lighting.  
i shot the whole thing on the 50mm summicron at f/2 and 1/30sec on 
T400CN.  that was an educated guess exposure, honestly.

--brad

On 7 Feb 2005, at 5:41 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> brad daly said and offered:
> Subject: [Leica] daly PAW 6
>> week 6 paw is up.  this is a photo of eleanor friedman, singer for 
>> the band the fiery furnaces, shot at the echo lounge in atlanta.
>> > http://www.bradbrad.com/fieryfurnaceseleanor.html<<<<<,
>
> Hi Brad,
> Very interesting. One might say nice and moody, I'm sure a close 
> capture of what it looked like. It had to be a tough exposure to get.
>
> However, how it looks on my screen, anything I say maybe in error 
> compared to your screen. If you shot film, I'd say it would've been 
> better on digital!  I know blasphemy! :-)  I feel there isn't enough 
> detail? whatever? in her face and body separating her slightly more 
> from the black background.
>
> But as we see this, it maybe right on the mark in what you saw at the 
> time and a perfect exposure of what you were trying for. Any thoughts?
>
> I'm not saying I don't like it, far from it! As I do very much. A 
> great shot for a record jacket cover! As usual with a computer screen 
> it just doesn't show the real beauty of it.
>
> ted
>
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