[Leica] Feature 131: Had Rankin Shot the Party -DAS

[Dante Stella]

Thanks, Peter, Robert, and Tina! It was fun making the series (there are actually about 30 such pictures that came out). I’m not exactly sure how I got the idea to do this except that the parties started long before we got to the ball. Impaired judgment and 660nm filters!

All of this did give me the idea that if a fixed lens Monochrom the size of an X100 came out, it would be completely ace - since it would fit in a tuxedo pocket.

Dante

> On Mar 5, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Phantastique, Dante.  I like it just the way it is. You need both people to
> make it so weirdly wonderful. And despite her IR makeover, you are still
> married to one of the more beautiful women on the planet.
> 
> --Peter
> 
> On Thursday, March 5, 2015, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Me too.
>> 
>> It's like it was shot by a cross between Mary Ellen Mark and Diane Arbus.
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Wow!  I love it.
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net
>> <javascript:;>>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> This week I went to a masquerade ball but not without the benefit of an
>>>> full-spectrum-converted Fuji X100, a B+W 092 filter (near visible IR so
>>>> that there would be false color to generate some black and white
>>> contrast),
>>>> and a small infrared TTL flash of my own improvisation.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.dantestella.com/past/past131.html <
>>>> http://www.dantestella.com/past/past131.html>
>>>> 
>>>> This is the first (and maybe the only) time I unconsciously shot
>>> something
>>>> that reminded me of the cover of Cassius’ album 1999. The more powerful
>>>> xenon lighting (maybe at a longer wavelength) tends to see through
>> skin,
>>>> which is a little eerie.
>>>> 
>>>> How’d it come out?
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> Dante
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
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