Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don: Actually, the lens is the penultimate Summicron (4?), the one with the focusing tab and the detachable hood. The chromagenic film may "smooth" things a bit. Or maybe there's a tad of motion blur. One problem with the Mischa picture is that it's too big for the screen, and you don't see the teacup on the table unless you scroll down. I should have reduced it more. But I like onscreen pictures not to be too small--vertical pictures especially can lose something if they fit a normal browser window. So I usually try to make my vertical pictures just fit on IE5 in full screen mode at 1024x768, if they can take that degree of enlargement. But it was late and I divided by 4 instead of 5 or 6. Regardless, I love the out-of-focus gesturing hands in this picture Funny you should mention the kitchen counter in the Yulia picture. With all the talk here about getting closer and cropping out nonessential details, I tried cropping the cabinet more heavily, and even getting rid of as much of the table as possible. But it didn't look right. So I trusted my instincts. Context matters. http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/mischa_emphatic.htm http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/yulia_skeptical.htm - --Peter Klein Seattle, WA At 12:50 AM 11/27/2001 -0800, "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote: >Peter, the optical signature looks like a first generation Summicron. Is >that so? I think the image of Yulia works better as in this case the >additional information from the kitchen counter adds to the image. The >Mischa image would require captioning or be part of a series to fully >function. > >2 yen > >Don Dory >dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html