Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice catch, Mark. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 1:08 PM Subject: [Leica] Lincoln Center Fountain silhouettes at night > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100704_225458.jpg.html > > > I don't know how I got such tack sharp results shooting at 100th of a > second > with a 200mm focal length with a 1.5 crop circle factor camera at night. > But its the ultra compact 55-200 again. And so an effective at full frame > format 300mm @ 100th of a second! > To me the dioramas presented by people in this At Josie Robertson Plaza > Fountain; called The Revson Fountain every night are amazing. But I > usually > have a wide on my camera. And luckily this night a week or two ago I had a > long lens on. > > The people in the shot when they see me taking pictures of them off off to > the side assume I'm getting their faces. They don't know I'm just getting > their outlines. So its an unusual deal. I feel real brave because I don't > feel like I'm invading anyone's privacy. But THEY don't know that. Much of > what goes on at the fountain is people taking pictures of each other. But > with flash usually. Not at this moment though. > And here I am standing off with a long zoom speaking with a student with a > camera bag who had the same exact lens on her camera. Both the non VR > version...who needs virtual reality when we have the real thing? > > > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/11/100111fa_fact_seabrook?printab > le=true > Or > http://tinyurl.com/38474c4 > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >