Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the comments. One of the few shortcoming of the Minilux is the lack of control over the fill flash. This picture shows how it can be pretty overpowering, even on a sunny day, especially because the subject was so close. Really, the slide is not as contrasty as the scan, so the lighting difference is not as dramatic, but the color of the light *is* different as it was a very 'warm' day color-wise. But with 100VS on a sunny day, fill flash is pretty much required (especially when the subject is wearing a hat!). The background is real, it was my daughter's first trip to the pumpkin patch, and just to prove it I added another shot from the same day : www.attinasi.org/LUG/index2.html Again, please excuse the scan - maybe when George Hartzell gets his Kodak 3600 he'll pawn his junky old LS-4000 off on me ;) Thanks again, - - marc Ted Grant wrote: > The background may look fake but I think the effect happening here is the > little girl is flash filled and that's where the catch lights are coming > from in her eyes. > > The flash also creates a weird looking light balance background and > foreground as well. > > The only person who can tell you whether it's a fake background is the > photographer, Eric. > > So what say you Eric, real or fake? ;-) > ted > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:13 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Pumpkin Picture... > > > The girl is cute, but I second Eric's doubts about the background. > > > > Nathan > > > > Eric wrote: > > > > > Marc: > > > > > > >If anyone is still interested, I'd still appreciate any feedback. > > > > > > >http://home.earthlink.net/~attinasi/LUG/ > > > > > > My impression is that the background looks fake. I'm not sure to what > > > extent this is your slide scanner, but the quality of light falling on > your > > > subject isn't the same as that falling on the background. The lighting > is > > > unnatural. There's light coming from up above, but there are still > > > catchlights in her eyes. Doesn't look like she's really outside. > > > > > > Eric > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm > > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html