Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=792302 > >This was shot with TMax 400 pushed to 800, M6 with 35/1.4 at 1/4 >second. Everyone in the photo, including the chicken, has moved >enough at 1/4 second to blur except the toddler in the center who is >daydreaming and holding still. A tripod would not have helped with >this low light photo because it is the people who are moving, not >the photographer. Medium format would have been impossible in this >light. Tina, The only problem with this shot is the shutter speed was probably too fast!! With more blur, the image of the little girl would have been even more dramatic. I have a desire to take an audience at the theatre all rising to leave, with one person still in the centre; I hope to do this for a FOM2 shot, but of course I need to be in the correct position at the end of the applause, and probably plant a "frozen" sitter ;-) I often take street shots with the Hasselblad and 2 ND filters to achieve a 1920 effect with the cars and passers by, but again, I've not done enough of them to claim any expertise. Here a tripod is certainly needed. As for medium format in the above situation, the blad F lenes are down to f2. With Tmax 3200 "something" could be done -- mind you the chook would probably fly off in fear of the mirror slap ;-) Cheers - -- Alastair Firkin http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com ()" "'() ()" "() ()" "() ( '0',) ( '0' ) ( '0', ) (,,)(")(") (")(") (")(")(,) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html