[Leica] Chasing lights...

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

At 09:10 PM 8/15/2006, Ted Grant wrote:

>>:-) By this time, it is totally dark, so I was just propping the camera 
>>up on railings to get 6-10 seconds exposures. This particular railing is 
>>slanted. Obviously the picture doesn't work for anyone except me, I am OK 
>>with that.<<<
>
>Hi Richard,
>Using the railing is fine, just pick one that's straight! ;-)

:-) That wasn't any level railings, but I got your point!

>Last year in Lisbon I did a great number of exposures putting the camera 
>on cobble stone streets at night and tripping the shutter on "time and ASA 
>100 aperture 22" and let the camera decide what the exposure was! I know 
>sacrilegious for some folks! :-)

The other thing I was trying is exactly that. I said, "Screw it. Who cares 
about reciprocal failure and this and that, I am going to just let the M7 
do its thing" and shot them all auto-exposure. While the photos are of 
dubious quality, the exposure is pretty darn good :-) I extended 
development from 10:15 to 10:30 (so minor that I suppose it doesn't make a 
difference there) to compensate, but really can't complain much, exposure 
wise.

>[snip] ....
>Bottom line? It's all about fun and enjoying ourselves as amateur or a 
>pro! If we aren't having fun successfully or as a disaster at times, what 
>the hell's the point of doing it. :-)
>
>Just keep on shooting doing what you enjoy trying things that may or may 
>not work and the enjoyment of photography will always be there. And for 
>heaven sake for all of us whatever you do..... do not take it so seriously 
>that you can't take a comment you're not happy with!...[snip]


Thank you sir. I do only try to show what I think are "the best" 
(nowadays). I understand the value of taking in constructive criticism, 
which is the sole reason I post pictures here. There are gems in these 
LUGgers, I say.


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