Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/21
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on 21/3/00 12:55 pm, Mark Rabiner at mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com wrote:
> Johnny Deadman wrote:
>>
>> on 21/3/00 1:52 am, Paul Roark at proark@silcom.com wrote:
>>
>>> I often use the "hyperfocal" distance for landscapes.
>>
>> I am of the f/1.4 rather than f/64 school for landscapes. Unlike many other
>> people here I like to see things out of focus. Planes of focus, just like
>> gradients of light, can educate the eye about where to look.
>> --
>> Johnny Deadman
>>
> Show us some of your wide open landscapes!
> Mark Rabiner
I'll have to fish around... they're not your usual landscapes... urban
schtick... you get the picture... I know there's one at
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/midperfectblue
It's the gun store sign. f/2.8, but that was wide open for the lens I used.
Partly it's also my orneriness about tripods. Hand held + dim light = wide
open.
I'll dig out some more interesting stuff and post it somewhere.
- --
Johnny Deadman
photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk