Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I forget the main part is that I did not use flash. No return detected. Nor requested. Or required. You're the top! You're a Waldorf salad. You're the top! You're a Berlin ballad. You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire. You're an O'Neill drama; you're Whistler's mama; you're Camembert. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:56:50 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Conversation: [Leica] Leap Night II > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leap Night II > > Elbow's braced on stone fence. > 1/15 s at f/1.4 with the 28mm 1.4 lens. @ iso 6400 > To the naked eye only 20 percent of this was visible. > 80 percent of it presented itself to me for the first time when I saw the > back > of the monitor on the camera. A D700. Only slightly more when I saw it on > the > big screen here in Bridge and Photoshop. A whole lot of information, > unexpected. Color wise none of that was there. The scene appeared near > monochromatic. I'm getting color casts from various near invisible ambient > sky > light pollution. Perhaps some from Reciprocity failure but I don't know. > > I decided this was a gold mine and to go about to lap the entire Central > park > most of it with a similar stone fence of the same height around it. I was > going to get a very small tripod to put on top of it; though bigger than > what's normally called a tabletop tripod I thought. > But today I've been thinking about running over to B&H and just trying out > a > Beanbag. They can be quite light I think. > Maybe I can use it for a pillow on the subway. > It could be the right tool for the right job or visa versa. > > But with the beanbag I'm going to not shoot at iso 6400 but 500. > And shoot at f8. And use quite prolonged shutter speeds. With lens delay or > I'd have to get a cable release. > I just may have hit it. > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > > >> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:42:24 -0800 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leap Night II >> >> THIS one is a nice use of flash and aavilable light >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/120229_001801.jpg.html >> >> You don't use a tripod right? Nicely balance >> >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Starting with 120229_000007 >>> 2/29/12, 12:00:07 AM >>> USS Maine Monument, Central Park, NY >>> 28.0 mm f/1.4D Nikkor >>> >>> And ending 7 shots later at >>> 120229_002426 >>> 2/29/12, 12:24:26 AM >>> Central Park, NY >>> 28.0 mm f/1.4D Nikkor >>> >>> I managed to capture the thrill and excitement of Leap Night in Central >>> Park >>> just after midnight. >>> Most of what I shot was unseen by the naked eye. >>> They are like surveillance footage. >>> See you in four years! >>> Oh here's the URL: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ >>> >>> Mark R. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information