Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Tina, Bob, Ric, Jim, Michiel and Alastair, Thanks for looking. Philippe it is good to see you have not forgotten your Hindi! A few things - I deliberately processed 'Cop' and 'Coast Guard' as you see it to approximate what I was seeing at that time - the first as black with small details where the setting sun was hitting him, the second as high contrast. There is detail in both the RAW files, and can be brought out. When you expect a quarter of million people to turn up, you need a lot of policemen around - but when they do not turn up it looks excessive. The main reason for the low attendance was it was a Monday, and a working day. I believe the big crowds had turned up on Sunday. Water access was not allowed because it is impossible to manage such a crowd at water's edge, especially as the shelf falls away very steeply here, and currents are wicked, and accidental drownings are not rare events. You will see very few people attempting to swim in the sea on the East Coast of India - the West Coast is where all the famous beaches and placid seas are. I am at present debating whether I should get a normal range zoom in lieu of primes from 24 to 85mm, as Nikon do have a very fine one, the 24-70 f2.8, but the weight keeps putting me off from buying it! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:30 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > Very nice slice of life. I like the discipline of using one lens, and I > think it shows here. Double pose is almost triple pose, and a very fine > catch. The short tele makes teenagers more 'compressed' with the > background. > > Cheers > > Alastair > >