Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I was shooting news, I was NOT a bokeh boi. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 6:45 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > 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 > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA