Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great "environmental portrait", Richard. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/19/2019 4:12 AM, Richard Man wrote: > With my upcoming interviews, I know I need to distract myself this weekend, > so I decided to take the 8x10 to the coast for some quick snaps (it's a > joke! :-) ) > > Passing by Alice's Restaurant, I had always want to photography that iconic > place, so may as well be today. I found a good vantage point, had my wife > holding down the tripod to stabilize it and took a couple pics (which came > out nicely too). Then a biker dude came out holding a camera so we chatted > a bit while putting the camera away. He was with his brother and both are > avid bikers. While I was putting the camera away, I remember my motto "you > always regret not taking the photo you want to take", so I walked back to > them and asked his biker if I may take his photo. After fussing around for > a few minutes, I captured this: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/810-201909-CurtRelick.jpg.html > > At home, I did a web search on him, and he is locally famous biker, > including judging racing events. > > Love the 8x10 tonality. It's really an order of magnitude better than 4x5. >