Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm in this court...it makes the kids so ALIVE! > From: "Dragi Anevski" <dragia@hotmail.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:55:48 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] color noctilux autumn images > > B.D. > > It does not make me dizzy. On the contrary I think that this lens seems to > help a lot when composing: > 1. On all pictures, the out of focus areas are blurred and you don't mind > e.g. the red parts in the first picture "Ted picking...". Stopping down > would take that effect away. So this could be very useful for certain > pictures. And you do see the background, only that you're drawn to the in > focus area. > 2. The darker corners makes you concentrate on the middle, which can be very > effective, as in Rei's pictures. It's not an uncommon technique to burn the > edges, although not everyone would like it to show as much as in these > pictures. > 3. "Cut out and inserted..." That's things you do in photoshop, and I doubt > it would look this good then. At least I've never seen photoshop pictures > looking like this. > > I can imagine that if you only got this kind of pictures, you might get > tired of it eventually. But I've never seen pictures with the Noctilux wide > open, and I was blown away by these. The blurring makes you see the > composition more clearly, it becomes more lines and areas. But that depends > on whether you want that or not. Also one could very well compose the > pictures so that the effect doesn't become as strong if its too much for > ones taste, for instance in the picture on Ted (?) alone by the fence, you > could change the composition to have a different angle between the lens and > the fence. > > I think the pictures look fantastic. > > :-) > Dragi > > >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] color noctilux autumn images >> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:04:42 -0500 >> >> I'm going to stick my neck out really, really far, here - (and then run >> off to teach tonight's class, saving me until tomorrow from the flames ;-) >> ) >> >> I don't think that there is any question that Rei is one of the better >> photographers on the LUG, but that lens is a pig. >> >> >> I can see using a Noctilux, with all its glaringly obvious faults, when >> it is the only piece of glass with which one can capture a particular >> image worth capturing. Which generally means something happening in >> virtually no light. >> >> But when used to take this kind of photo, it produces images that can >> literally make a viewer slightly dizzy and nauseaus. As I look at the >> upper several images, I'm not sure whether a lens element is out of >> wack, or vasoline has been smeared across part of the lens. And as I >> look at the bottom image, I get the feeling that a sharp photo of a >> child has been cut out and inserted into a blurry forground and >> background image. >> >> >> Again, I'm not talking about the photography as such - these photos, if >> taken with, say, a Summilux 75 opened up, would have been lovely. But >> this lens, under these circumstances, is an image killer. >> >> Sorry. >> >> B. D. >> >> Mike Gil wrote: >> >>> Rei, >>> >>> Great pictures. I like the one where your daughter is >>> laying on the leaves. The swirling effect created by >>> the Noct makes the picture even better, than it >>> already is. First time I've seen this effect I need >>> to point my Noct down more offen. I think if Smith >>> had a Noct, he would of spent much less time in the >>> darkroom. The darkroom effects created by the Noct >>> seem so natural to the eye. The burnt in corners >>> created by the Noct draws you into the subject. >>> >>> mike gil >>> --- Rei Shinozuka <shino@ubspainewebber.com> wrote: >>> >>>> this is my final set in my latest round of scanning! >>>> >>>> i was motivated by the beautiful autumn we enjoyed >>>> this year. >>>> so here my first color images with the noctilux, 75 >>>> lux, etc. >>>> fuji reala. >>>> >>>> http://www.shinozuka-family.com/200110autumnlux1/ >>>> (3 pages) >>>> >>>> my personal favorites are the second page. >>>> >>>> link to those pages and all my stuff: >>>> http://www.shinozuka-family.com >>>> >>>> -rei >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe, see >>>> >>> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> Do You Yahoo!? >>> Yahoo! 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