Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: ><Snip> "shoot right through the fence!" Wide > open you don't see the fence. trust me! ><Snip> Yesterday Pitak and I were shooting the Blitz Brewery demolition across from Powells Books in Portland Oregon through a chain link fence. Some gorgeous stuff! We discussed how long we'd have to shoot before the cops came or whoever if we got through the fence. But we took our lens shades off and poked our Leica M lens through the links for clear shots. We both were using 50's. The light and sky were great and I was playing around with red and polarizing filters to make it even more dramatic. And At f16 to get the full foreground and background in focus the fence helped steady my camera. We discussed how SLR lenses would not fit through the chain link fences but Leica M lenses would! But Ted's idea of shooting right through the fence with a long lens wide open I'll have to try... Either with my 135 3.4 apo Leica m. Or with a 200 Nikor. (god forbid wonder if they're all dried up yet?) Mark Rabiner