Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They look good to me, kind of photos i am trying to take but then again i no i have a lot to learn. Regards Rob Manchester - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Codispoti" <joecodi@charter.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] I commend to your attention > In the first photo of 3 boys and two natives the light is far from uneven, > it is masterful portrait lighting if only maybe by chance. On two of the > boys, it is perfect split broad lighting, on the boy on the left, a perfect > 45 degree lighting or Rembrandt. > > As colorful subjects are Leica's forte, the same can be said for all brands. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:09 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] I commend to your attention > > > > Sorry, Paul - Typical tourist snaps of friends and of "exotic" - by > > white, Western, developed world standards - people in colorful "native" > > clothing...I really don't understand why these are the kind of pics > > Leicas take best - I'd say they're the kind of snaps that Olympus Epics > > usually take...;-) The exposures are uneven. The lighting in uneven. In > > some of the shots it looks like he was a good half-a-block too far from > > the subject. I'm sure his family and neighbors enjoyed the slide show > > when he got home. Maybe. :-) > > > > B. D. > > Okay, I've had a rough day. But everything I said is true.;-) > > > > > > > > Paul Chefurka wrote: > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/loonbay7/nepali_portraits&page=all > > > > > > I don't know who this gentleman is. I have no idea if these pictures > were > > > taken with a Leica, but if they weren't they could have been. IMO they > > > exemplify the kind of pics Leicas are best at, and the kind of pictures > > > many Leica photographers aspire to - direct, friendly, engaged, > > > sympathetic. Aside from his penchant for taking head and shoulders > > > portraits with too short a lens... > > > > > > Paul > > > http://www.chefurka.com > > > -- > > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html