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Subject: [Leica] Dance of Death (Verges)
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:25:49 -0700
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On Apr 12, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Thank you for take a look and for your comments.
>
> In film I've tried only once ISO 3200, and very few times 1600. My  
> short experience with the M8 shows me very good results up to ISO  
> 640, even quite good 1250. Thanks for your suggestion, but I think  
> on such lighting conditions is better to shot manually, the small  
> candles on the walls will fooling the meter, the subjects was moving  
> and passing through very fast, no time for measuring. I don't know,  
> maybe I'm wrong and should trust more on the automatic metering.


just trying to avoid the very high ISO unless necessary, but in any  
case the look/grain may actually help these images achieve a very  
special haunted mood,

Steve

>
> Amiti?s
> Lluis
>
>
>
> El 12/04/2009, a las 17:17, Steve Barbour escribi?:
>
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Spain has many traditions, the "Semana Santa" (Holy Week) is very  
>>> popular and quite different in Andalucia, Catalunya or other. Here  
>>> I show you a very old medieval tradition in the village of Verges,  
>>> a nice small town where is celebrated the procession the thursday  
>>> night and the "Dance of Death".
>>>
>>> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/deathdance/
>>>
>>>
>>> I've tried to follow Dr. Ted's advice "if you can see it, you can  
>>> shot it". It was really available light, almost dark, and subjects  
>>> in movement, I don't like use the flash (I've tried it ony in 3  
>>> pictures), my M8 was setted at ISO2500 but the pictures are very  
>>> noisy, maybe with film I've get better results. However I want  
>>> share with you a general view to this nice village, the procession  
>>> and the famous "Dance of Death" (in catalan: Dansa de la mort).
>>
>>
>> a wonderful series Lluis,   dark, eerie, atmospheric...spooky as we  
>> say.
>>
>> re the high ISO...I have never shot above ISO 800... even with film  
>> btw.
>>
>> this might be a good situation to try auto ISO with the lens wide  
>> open and the highest ISO set to max 1250 or even at 640 with a 1.4  
>> lens......
>>
>> and see how that works...
>>
>>
>> in any case I think it all works out fine...and I appreciate seeing  
>> these very moving reportage images...
>>
>>
>> amities,
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking, I'll appreciate your comments and critics
>>>
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>
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