Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert, The PAW is a wonderful shot indeed--a nice composition, extremely sharp, and very expressive. Basketball is a very photogenic sport, as you demonstrate, because one can get closer to the action and the players are not all covered up in protective gear like in American Football or ice hockey. Nathan "Robert G. Stevens" wrote: > This weeks picture shows a few people playing ball. Shot with a R8 and a > 90mm Summicron. Some of the alternates were shot with the 180 APO > Summicron. I also used the M6 TTL for the final and the awards > presentation. I haven't scanned any of those pictures yet. I feel the > best one is posted as the PAW. > > The index page is here: > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/PAW2002/index.html > > The Week 11 PAW is here: > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/PAW2002/wk11.htm > > The alternates are at the link below. Who says you need Auto Focus for > Sports? The alternates are all the decent shots in four rolls of thirty > six exposures. I got thirty five decent in focus shots out of those > rolls. Even AF will not top that in a fast sport like this. > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/FinalEight2002/index.htm > > Comments and critiques are welcome. I am trying to use the whole gamut of > my photo skills in my PAW project. I will even try some portraits at some > point. Probably not Gothic chicks. > > Regards, > > Robert > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 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