Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dr. Blacktape's alter ego wrote: List the image name and the lens with which it was taken. Person who gets the most correct answers gets a prize. Person who gets the most incorrect answers gets humiliated. ;-) ***************************************** This should be interesting, since you emphatically stated in the first post, "And, YES, many of the images are Leica M images, and many are Nikon images, and I have little idea, nor do I care, which are which...". So, basically, we will be just wildly guessing along with you? And I assume that all the shots were made handheld with available light, shot on Tri-x exposed at 800asa, developed in the 1-hour lab down the street, somehow scanned and photoshopped, and then shrunken down to a low-res jpeg image for web display. I guess we can pretty much rule out a full Erwinian analysis here then? ;-) A couple additional caveats. I have never claimed to be able to pick out an image at 100 yards in the dark on a foggy night, let alone up close in good light. I have never used any of the lenses listed so I only have a very vague idea of their individual optical fingerprints. On my monitor here at work, most all the pictures look lousy, with the highlights all blown out and the shadow areas murky and without detail. Being a complete novice at digital imaging I can only guess that there is something going on with differences in gamma or other monitor settings. Of course, pretty much everybody elses pictures display fine, so maybe my computer is just sensing the presence of N**** images and is altering them in order to protect my delicate eyes. ;-) Also, all the comments are just the opinions of a young punk (relatively speaking) engineer with very limited photographic experience, so feel free to ignore or disregard any or all. Arrival - 35/1.4 I would have preferred either a slightly wider view with more of the Mother and the person holding the infant, or a closer shot of just the infant and hands Mother - 20/2.8 The cut off foot bothers me a bit, I would have liked the frame shifted down slightly Juggling - 85/1.4 I might have liked a view slighly shifted to the left to get a bit of the baby's face and put the mother against the light background Take My Picture - 85/1.4 The hand sticking out of the kid's head ruins it for me TV - 50/1.5 Shift slightly to the right, also the father looks to be blinking Sisters - 75/1.4 take the shot from a tiny bit further back to get the tip of the chair back and the one foot of the gal on the right Secrets - 180/2.8 the tops of the glasses and straw (?) are distracting, maybe a shot from a slightly higher perspective (stand on a chair) could clean it up a bit Over Tired - 85/1.4 take one step to the right to eliminate the other young girls arm and the dark object on the right(dresser?) Reading - 28/1.4 I find the chopped off feet slightly annoying and I don't care for the yawn , with the highlights blown out it looks like some kind of freaky porcelain doll Nick and Opus - 21/2.8 I don't like the chopped off head, and I don't care for crotch shot perspective, perhaps shot from a bit to the right or from a slightly higher viewpoint New Dad - 35/1.4 without the title I wouldn't have a clue as to what was in the bin, you need to get in closer Mars and Venus - 20/2.8 shift frame up a bit to get less empty table and more ceiling where the light is now cut off, also maybe shift slighlty to the right or move a bit to get more of the gal on the right, what is going on here? Flower Girls - 60/2.8 shift frame up slightly to get top of door frame and tell the two yahoos in the background to get out of the picture Fairy Princess - 35/1.4 the bright out-of-focus object on the left is a bit ditracting Center of Attention - 20/2.8 back up just a tad to get the baby's fingertips and feet as well as the ladies head Close - 60/2.8 This is probably my favorite, my only suggestion might be to play around with toning down the bright spot between the boys Chasing Rex - 28/1.4 hard to tell what the heck is going on here, the area around the kids and dog(?) looks blotchy, was this dodged? Big Brother - 28/1.4 shift frame up a bit to get all of the trike in the background and perhaps just a fraction to the right, good action shot Napping - 75/1.4 shift perspective a bit to the left to get some of the baby's eyes and face Alicia - 75/1.4 shift perspective to a slightly higher viewpoint to eliminate some of the oof blanket (?) in the foreground that is so annoying After Dinner - 50/1.5 back up a half step and shift a bit to the left so that the lamp isn't sticking out of the one gals head, and the gals foot on the right isn't chopped off Minus One - 21/2.8 without the title I'd be hard pressed to know what was happening, looks like just a record shot of who was there, maybe shift frame slightly to the left and back up half a step to get a bit of the ceiling in Farewell - 35/1.4 again can't really tell what the heck is going on, you need to move to one side or the other to get a better view of the casket, small boy (?) and three women Ok, so had I do? Tom Finnegan Seattle