Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In reply to comments on my PAW: http://www.mabot.com/paw02/wk2%200112-0429.html My main worry about the shot was that the figure isn't all that recognisable as a person. Other angles (also from above) were mostly much worse. A strong colour filter (via the channel mixer) helped a bit to separate her from the green carpet, but the result depends a whole lot on how dark your monitor is set. It's still my biggest gripe. I cropped a little to get the central lighting box straight up-and-down. I'm the kind of guy who struggle endlessly with horizons. Had I been using my usual Nikon, I would probably have whipped out a wider lens for all the shots. I'm not sure it would have made them better. One of the things I'm really enjoying about using this old Leica III is having to look for 50mm compositions. I've been spoiled by a bag full of zooms. I'm also really enjoying B&W, previously I shot slides exclusively. Being able to handhold 1/20th is also a nice change. A few pictures from late last year are on photo.net if you're curious: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=174661 A question (while I'm on): should I post non-leica PAWs to the list? A fair number are likely to be brand N. Thanks to Steve, Brad, BD, John, George, Félix and Don for comments. Heck I'm going to learn a lot this year. Michael - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html