Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Outstanding. The long lens worked ok, it concentrates the eye on the two important things - her eyes & the baseball. Jay On 8/31/2014 10:37 AM, Adam Bridge wrote: > Sometimes you go with what you have. > > I was at the River Cats game last night with my Sony A7 and a Leitz 180mm > f4 R lens playing with capturing some action shots. Non trivial with a > manual focus lens. I admire the experts who, "back in the day", made so > many great images this way! > > So I had the 180 on my camera where the little girl in front of us, > insanely cute, was tossed a baseball by one of the players: a real ball, a > "dirty" ball, stained with real infield dirt and maybe a grass stain or > two. > > I only had a few moments while she expressed joy. I could have wished for > my 100mm but I had 180mm. > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/People/Portraits/22288982_39qLkn#!i=3499730077&k=DTDWvQ6&lb=1&s=X3> > > I've done this in black and white, treated as Tri-X in Exposure 6. I like > the color version, which I have not posted, but the B&W just does the job > better. And it needs that bit of film grain for some reason. > > Anyway - comments most welcome. I do know it's a little soft around the > eyes but maybe that works to the image's advantage. I gave her mom my > e-mail address but I think she was worried I might want to charge her for > the picture or something nefarious. People are so damn wary these days. > But, sigh, not without reason. > > Thanks for looking. Comments/critique most welcome and invited. > > Adam