Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Last Sunday was Washington, DC's pride parade and festival. At least two > of us Luggers were there and my efforts are published at site below. > Criticism (hopefully constructive) is welcome as usual. > > http://www.camera-craftsman.com/capitalpride.html Some great shots, Simon--I'm sorry I missed it. The one thing I noticed about these images (by way of hopefully constructive criticism) is that they all seem to be shot at higher f-stops (~f8, I'd guess). You might want to experiment with street shooting wide open as well (granted, this means not being able to zone focus--not easily, anyway). I bring this up because I just reviewed Johnny Deadman's street pics (in that luminous landscape essay) this morning, and one thing that strikes me about his work is that he shoots at larger apertures so often. With our Leica glass, opening up is really a positive (most other lenses force you to close up), and the way it highlights the subject(s) somehow makes the images that much more compelling to me. Just a thought, Dan