Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I really like this shot. Perhaps I'm imagining things, but it seems to have that larger-than-35mm plasticity even on the monitor. I also love how the symmetrical dark and light in the background is mirrored (refracted, actually!) in the variously-shaped drops. Nice one! - --Peter At 02:20 PM 1/22/2002 -0800, "Mark Davison" <DAVISON_M@msn.com> wrote: >http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=571 > >A still-life study, raindrops on a window. I took a number of pictures of >the rain on my window, trying to convey the cool elegance of the drops. >Tried various cameras, lenses, points of view, but this moderate closeup >taken with my Bronica medium format camera seemed to give the best balance >between abstract geometry and mood. The Leica M shots were too far away >(drops too small). Also, the Bronica wide open gives a nice creamy OOF >treatment of the background behind the window (which is itself a window.) > >Has anyone else tried the exercise of shooting rain? Its an elusive >substance! > >A few words on the intent of this photograph--it is intended as art, not >photojournalism, meaning that it might grace a wall, be placed on a card >(perhaps Welcome to Seattle), or used as an illustration to a poem. It is >much more geometric than narrative. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html