Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/28

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Opera and Singers
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Nov 28 10:21:45 2006
References: <53702030-EA4C-4909-A6D6-82C44DF93552@comcast.net>

I didn't have the courage to go through all your images yesterday,  
but I like this one alot: http://tinyurl.com/ykycpd
And the young musician's portraits, too, esp. seeing them one next to  
another.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 28-nov-06, om 05:02 heeft Jesse Hellman het volgende geschreven:

> I've added two new albums, Verdi's Falstaff and Berstein's Candide.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jesse+Hellman/>
>
> I tried to do pictures of the stage productions at the Peabody  
> Conservatory that worked artistically, rather than just as  
> reproductions of what the director set up. This seems to have been  
> easier in the smaller productions, where I could get closer.  
> Sometimes it seemed impossible. Close ups almost always worked  
> better than pictures from a distance, which never seemed to capture  
> the feeling of the work. On the big stage the 135 F/2.8 was at  
> times just too short.
>
> Using a Leica for these pictures allowed me to get pictures without  
> bothering anyone, even in a full theater, and even just feet from  
> the singers.
>
> Thanks for any feedback.
>
> Jesse
>
>
>
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