Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]...and I'm taking a minimalist point of view: no flash, no tripod. Perhaps I'm tired of lugging extra stuff around. I'm not even using my 90mm lens much, having discovered how much cropping of a 35mm M9 image one can get away with. However, I made lots of use at one time, indoors, of bounce flash. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Sep 28, 2012, at 10:07 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Of course you are right, Alan, as your two pictures amply demonstrate. I > am just too lazy to learn to use flash properly, so I prefer to take an > extremist available-light attitude ;-) > > 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://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > >> On Sep 26, 2012, at 2:20 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >>> There is no comparison. Flash is the tool of the devil. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >> ================================================================================================== >> (I've been busy, and haven't been keeping up with the LUG) >> >> I would modify this to On-camera flash is the tool of the devil. ;~) >> >> Check out these two using flash(bulbs) to simulate existing light. >> >> One FP bulb was in the floor lamp: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/Self-Ports/19750610_MR_BW_4.jpg.html> >> >> One FP bulb bounced off the wall: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/Self-Ports/19750610_MR_BW_14.jpg.html> >> >> Alan >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >> UPAA POY 1978 >> University Relations >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >> >> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate >> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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