Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You do not need thin DoF if you have an interesting subject. Most of my shots of Wellington would look like nothing if I shot to get DoF, they only become an 'interesting' photo due to the treatment.... Also many non-Leica lenses leave a lot to be desired in the sharpness stakes at full aperture ;-) john > -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner > > Out of almost a couple of hundred shots I looked it I saw about 4 or 5 > thin > focas and those were at night or shot with very long tele lenses. > > > On 1/7/13 4:54 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> Almost none of them share the same Lug love for wide open selective > >> focus images. 99% of them are as sharp in the near foreground as > >> they are in the far background. Even those taken in low light > >> situations. > > > > > > Maybe in your glee you are clicking fastly. I saw several. I'm > > thinking > > even the snowman was kinda wide aperture. The wall in the bkgd was > soft. > > > > > > > >> And I'm not seeing > >> evidence of flash at all. But it could be used with great subtlety as > >> fill in the noon day sun. > >> > >> I'm fond of the making snowman in Jerusalem shot: > >> http://lightbox.time.com/2013/01/01/366-the-year-in-photographs-2012/ > >> #62 > >> > >> > >> On 1/6/13 12:18 PM, "Mark William Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> We should all have 365.26 day photo collections! A click in the life. > >>> I bet the fact that so much photography is being doing now with cell > >> phones > >>> will make these really happen. And they'll have pre formatted > >>> templates > >> for > >>> Blurbs for them. With notes for grocery shopping and laundry list on > >>> the facing pages. With a section on famous birthdays and deaths. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 1/5/13 10:15 PM, "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Some really good stuff in this collection: > >>>> http://lightbox.time.com/2013/01/01/366-the-year-in-photographs- > 201 > >>>> 2/#1 > >>>