Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In 1970 my wife and I accompanied a team of National Geo photographers in the high country near Ouray. I had my little M3 and 3-4 lenses and they had more gear than I had ever seen. I finally had to ask how many 35mm rolls they went through since it seemed they were continually shooting and reloading. The answer essentially was "shoot a whole bunch and you'll get a few you want". Made sense to me, until I started using LF 4x5 and 8x10 outfits, where you are supposed to meditate or something over the image in the ground glass (not to mention being cooped up in your hotel room changing out film holders while everyone else is down at the bar). Now with digital I'm back in the National Geo camp. If I get 15 or so keepers from a week's trip I'm happy. Ken -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 6:11 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing on bike shots Yes a few are less strong I've just done 2006 and 2007 and those were years with not many bikes in them. I see there are 31 in the gallery now I can see only eight making the final cut. Most have been in there too long they start to fade...But I could be way off. For me it will be exciting to see how they all boil down. I just feell like putting in now that on the internet photo lists there actually are a loud contingent of very self righteous people who think that the act of editing down pictures is weak. That you should shoot less. Be very careful not to "over shoot". This certainly flies in the face of anything you'll learn from any photo teacher or from experience as an assistant or shooter but one has to realize that's just not the point at all. Image making is just not the point. On 1/11/13 6:47 PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > I like it very much Mark. Glad you're not shooting benches! :-) I > thought there were a few that were not as strong as the majority, but > that's just my opinion. > Let us know when the show is! > Bob > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> My bike galleries I've decided I'm going to focus on as I think it >> could be a strong showing in the end as its already looking pretty >> strong in my view in the beginning. I've been editing out of 650 pix >> I've exposed in the past few years with Nikon digital mainly. >> I'll edit out 20 or 30 total I think. >> I've just in the past few days isolated and tweaked 6. Here they are. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/bikes/ >> Or >> http://tinyurl.com/b7gujam >> 5 more days I'll be done. >> >> 6/6/07, 6:42:40 PM, Bike with basket in the sun NY, NIKON D200 >> 24.0-85.0 mm >> f/3.5-4.5 @ 1/800 s at f/14.0 ISO 1000 >> >> 6/5/07, 9:45:33 PM, Bike Store Window NY, NIKON D200 45.0 mm f/2.8@ >> 1/125 s at f/5.0 ISO 1600 >> >> 5/11/07, 9:56:08 PM, Bike with chain and plastic on seat NY, NIKON >> D200 >> 24.0 >> mm f/2.8 AFD @ 1/5 s at f/2.8 ISO 800 >> >> 10/12/06, 2:27:33 PM, messenger bike Morningside Heights, NIKON D200 >> 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 @ 1/200 s at f/7.1 ISO 800 >> >> 4/28/06, 6:03:49 PM, Bike and bench Portland Oregon east side, NIKON >> D200 >> 24.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-4.5 ISO 1600 >> >> 5/2/04, 8:26:25 PM, Kids bikes Portland Oregon 10th and Oak, NIKON >> D100 >> 24.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 1/40 s at f/3.5 ISO 640 >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information