Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree. We all use Leica lens because of its unigue color qualities and it's resolution. However, most people use the latest gear to simulate Leica's archived images of black & white with a certain softness showing the 50's era. Softness has its place in presenting a certain romance or portrait, but for enhancing a subject, in capturing the moment, I like it to standout. - --- Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> wrote: > Hi David, > > Some of the scenes have potential, but I find the > softness in several of the > images detracts from the overall impression. I have > the feeling that you need > to edit your images a bit more ruthlessly than you > have done this week. > > Nathan > > David Degner wrote: > > > I finally have a second to stop filling out those > stupid college admissions > > forms and do something fun so I spent a weekend > developing and printing, I > > was going to take the last few days of my winter > break and just roam in my > > car with a camera but I snowed (it never snows in > Augusta). I sent off my > > good prints in a portfolio to Marlboro so here are > the rejects that I > > thought were good and a few that I didn't send. > These were all with Agfa > > APX 400 which I have grown to love./ > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/david_Degner/gallery/pc_1.html > & > > > http://www.geocities.com/david_Degner/gallery/pc_2.html > obviously go > > together. I like the first one more. > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/david_Degner/gallery/pc_3.html > This is one of > > those photos that I know exactly what it is > becasue I was there but I don't > > know if other people will recognize it. (its a guy > wearing fairy wings). > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/david_Degner/gallery/pc_4.html > A freind wanted me > > to take his picture and put it up on the internet > so he could show a girl > > across the country what he looks like. This was > actually an informal, > > which I like better. > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/david_Degner/gallery/pc_5.html > They were playing > > the roll of foresters and had just succeeded in > chopping down their tree. > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/david_Degner/gallery/pc_6.html > ***What do I do in > > this situation*** There was bright sunlight > shining through the window and > > just a few kitchen lights on inside. My negative > actually held both sides > > pretty well but when I print it showing both > highlights and shadows its > > just a grey blob. What do I do to remedy this in > the future? > > > > I hope you enjoyed them. > > Thanks for any comments. > > > > David Degner > > > > -- > > 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/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html