[Leica] Landscapes

[firkin@netconnect.com.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Dear LUGfriends,

Well, I've got to start planning and training for the next outing. Having
put before you my Japanese photos [and thank you all for the helpful
comments], I'm off to Western Australia. The light out "west" is clear in a
way that is hard to believe. On this occasion, we are heading North and
doing a one week 4WD tour of the continent down to Broome, where I will be
learning a few Radiology techniques.

Now I do not see myself as a good landscape photographer. In fact its a
topic I've put no thought into at all. I have always just recorded the
"scene".

This group has helped me to improve my "street" and design techniques and
I'm hoping for a bucket full of useful landscape tips. I note that some of
you use telephotos. How? Why? What do you look for in landscape detail?
Which films are favoured? How do you present your results? What times of
day are best? Exposure tips? What printed resourses are useful? And would
Jim please give me a review of tripods and stability issues. It must be at
least 18 months since his excellent review, and I would have Buckley's of
finding it in the files.

Finally, equipment. I had originally planned to dust off the 'blad, but
with the expansion of my Leica R stable, especially the telephoto side of
things, I'm tempted to stick with 35mm on this journey and shoot lots of
rolls. Do I need a polarizer, and if I'm to do B/W work, which colour
filters are a must?

TIA for the comments, notions, thoughts and insights. I continue to welcome
critics of the homepage and its contents. So far the major negative has
been that my people shots lack something in intimacy. I will keep working
on getting some of that Tina feeling into the work, but please feel free to
visit and send me any comments.

Cheers

Alastair Firkin,

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/AGFhmpg.html