Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have to agree with you on that, Ted. I have all but given up on shooting on cloudless, dry days down here because the highlights get blown out and the shadows are black. And we haven't had many days with scattered clouds and blue sky. Instead, it is overcast and foggy or it is blinding and sunny. I'll go for the Scottish moors look. On lenses, I'll probably take the Tri-Elmar with me but put some primes in the trunk (21, 25, 28, 35, and 50). Part of me wants to be a minimalist and shoot everything with a 50 (like HCB). But HCB probably had a lot of really crappy negs that he didn't publish that could have been better with a wide. ;-) Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ted Grant Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:59 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW - Week 3 - Jeffery Jeffery, A quick note if it's possible for you to work at your own time. Every day it's overcast I'd be shooting the place as hard as I could go for as long as I could go.! If you shoot on brilliant sunny sky days it'll take the feel of disaster away. You'll have black shadows to deal with all over the place and the appearance of disaster will not have the same impact. The pictures because if you shoot in colour will look like nothing more than another Hollywood disaster scene. As far as shooting colour? It would have to be some smashing brilliant colours, probably a close-up or medium shot to make it worth while. If it were me to shoot colour it would have to be a smack in the face impact of colour. However, the scenes we've looked at so far have such B&W power to them this subject just has to be shot in B&W! Think about WW2 and the cities after the bombings, which pictures appeared more devastating, those in colour? Or those in B&W? B&W hands down everytime. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited 1817 Feltham Road Victoria BC V8N 2A4 250-477-2156 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information