Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Peter Thanks for your comments. I was a student at Trinity in 1979 and now I have to admit to being a doctor! I'm a local GP and teach at Trinity. One of my students won the Great Court Race last October. The College has only ever allowed one film-maker in: Carl Sagan, to make a science documentary. The race was (and still is) run there at the start of the academic year, but the filming was done in Eton, and at other colleges (I remember watching Cambridge being transformed while they were filming). That would be a challenging photo assignment. In my time it used to be run at midnight, in academic dress, after the Matriculation Dinner, but after a serious accident it was changed to noon. While the clock is striking 12, the new students (about 300) race round the perimeter of the court. A fine runner can just get back to the starting-point before the chimes are over. It's all over in less than a minute, so little time to focus or compose, and the subjects fast-moving. I'd be inclined to go for a small aperture, higher ISO, and pre-focus. Maybe chose one good position in advance, use a friend to practice pre-composition and remember the settings, and concentrate on that, rather than try to photograph the whole thing. I've learned from the LUG pictures that a great picture often shows just one important detail of a big event. Have the LUGgers any suggestions for next October? Matthew -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter Dzwig Sent: 08 May 2007 23:25 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Trinity College Cambridge Matthew, great shots especially Nevile's Court shadows. They could go in for the competition this month. It's "Repitition". What are you doing at Trinity? Peter Dzwig Matthew Hunt wrote: > I've put together a collection of my best pictures taken of Trinity using > the D-LUX 2. The winter night ones were all using a mini-tripod (which goes > in the pocket with the camera), and while not up to professional standard, > show the atmosphere. Thanks for your comments. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Cambridge/Trinity/ > > Matthew > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information