Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 29, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I write this with a certain amount of trepidation, but I can't help it... > > What am I missing? Everyone goes gaga over Marc's B&W pictures of flowers > and trees and the like around Manhattan I don't go gaga over them... > while I just don't get it. To me, they look like random snapshots, with > little regard for composition, designed to show off the camera's high ISO > capabilities and not much else. they have a certain rather eccentric, je ne sais quoi... ! (rather like his manner of writing....) that pulls you in, Steve > > I know from other contexts that Marc is a good photographer, and > prestigious organizations like the NYT pay him for his pictures, but that > does not mean that every picture he posts is great. > > Or am I simply missing the point, just as I do when I look at pictures by > Cindy Sherman or Eggleston (sp)? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > On May 29, 2011, at 8:01 PM, philippe.amard wrote: > >> Oh yes Sir Rabs, f?erique ! >> >> Thanks >> Philippe >> >> Le 27 mai 11 ? 22:12, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : >> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/110517_232552.jpg.html >>> >>> Shot in my favorite 1:2 format; ok cropped later I soaked my SanDisk in a >>> bleach redevelop bath of Kodaks sepia toner. This coated each pixel with >>> a >>> layer of sulfide which in effect makes them impervious to the sulfur >>> dioxide >>> in the atmosphere. And prepares the image for hand coloring. >>> F 4.5 @ a 60th @ iso 6400 and be there. >>> With my ubiquitous Nikon 45mm 2.5 silver pancake made in actuality by >>> Cosina. >>> >>> I don't NEED auto focus I AM auto focus. >>> >>> Mark Focus >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information