Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You captured this set of emotions in the 'adolescence' series very well IMO. These are very intimate shots. Like you witnessed something that is very private. Did your subjects oppose to putting these on the net and offering them to a larger public? Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 24-feb-07, om 15:02 heeft Eduardo Albesi het volgende geschreven: > Two new galleries: > > First gallery, a sequence shot through a crisis expertly handled > and delicately led to a happy, heart-warming ending. Maria B is > next to turn 14, summer's ending, friendships turn into strange new > feelings and existence is not anymore what it used to be. But, as > they say, nothing nurtures as Mom's Embrace :-) > http://www.sololeicas.com/galleries/adolescence/ > > Second gallery shows the aftermath of a vaccination day. BCG > vaccination is compulsory for all kids with Mantoux negative > reactions before starting Elementary school in Argentina to prevent > TB spread. Valentina got her second dose this week, as school > starts again on next Monday after the southern summer vacations. > Recurrent fever spikes and a short malaise period are not that > uncommon in the few days after the shot, but Brave Valentina faces > them with high spirits. Anyway, I fear this gallery will grow in > the next few days. > http://www.sololeicas.com/galleries/bcg_day/ > > Both galleries were with the M8 and 35/2 pre-asph. ISO 640 the > first one and ISO 1250 the second. DNGs developed and converted to > BW in Lightroom 1.0. I am struggling to get correct colours from > anything shot in our living room. There, light sources are tungsten > and quartz halogen lamps and the walls are a combination of green > and light beige paintworks. A nightmarish colour situation to > balance for any DSLR I have had, be it Nikon, Canon or Olympus. The > M8's temperamental AWB was no exception, so BW was the natural choice. > > I will appreciate any comments and suggestions. Thanks for looking > > Ed Albesi > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >