Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another thought, and mixing in another thread: I've done a lot of bike race photography in the past (M3, M4, 21mm up) using K25, slow shutter speeds, often in the shadow of buildings, in the rain or, in cyclecross racing, in the deep muddy New England woods, and many times using fill flash for an interesting effect. Bill Harting - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Steve Barbour PAW week 3 > Steve Barbour wrote & showed: > >>> I tried Don Dory's suggestion, cropped down, worked on levels..I liked > the > > result...that is what you now see at the PAW site below...thanks Don, > > http://www.kididdoc.com/index.htm/PAW/3.jpg<<<<<< > > Hi Steve, > If this is your first bike event you've done very well for a rookie. ;-) > What helps make the shot work is the boy in the background caught between > two cyclists. One of those accidents that happens and you don't know about > it until you're looking at the film later. > > Did you try slower shutter speeds? Or panning with the bikes as they went > by? >(snip) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html