Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just went to the website. Great Leica birth shots. Obviously a love of labor. Jim - -----Original Message----- From: Robert G. Stevens <robsteve@hfx.andara.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux and birth pictures and others >Bennett: > >My eyes must have been good that night. The colour pictures of the >operation where you see the doctors doing there thing were taken with one >hand. My other hand was being tightly gripped by my wife. I would hold >the camera so I could move the focus ring with one finger and then change >my grip on the camera so I could take the picture. > >As for the basketball shot, it was the decisive moment (lucky) and was also >taken with the Noctilux and a Tom Abrahams Rapid winder. I just prefocused >on the net and when I saw the action I pressed the shutter. Some othe >shots taken that weekend using a R6 and 90mm Summicron-r are at the link >below. I particularily like the first picture on the top left of the page. > >http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/ciau.htm > >If you take the link to my main page, you will see my varied styles and >subjects, from nature to portraits. > >http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/index.htm > >Regards, > >Robert > > > > At 07:00 PM 9/22/99 EDT, BenTroGa@aol.com wrote: >>Thanks for the gallery of fine photos thru which to brouse! I was very >>impressed with your "eye". Great basketball moment. Perfect in exposure >and >>timing. Keep up the good and creative work. >> >>Bennett >> >> > >