Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the comments, Ted, BD, and Michael: Actually Ted, what went through my mind after studying this scene for about half an hour is that there isn't a film in the world that could handle the contrast range (or at least no film that I know how to use) present in the scene, that, if I exposed for the shadows, then the 'bride' (she's actually a sorority girl dressed up for some event--not a wedding) would burn beyond recognition, and that if I had a fill flash (and knew how to use it), then I could set it off in the poor bugger at the bar's face, thereby utterly destroying the shot and the mood--but it would've been a more 'balanced' exposure. I take the points about a vertical crop. I exposed a sequence of six frames, one of which was vertical--it looked too static and 'backy' too me (I may have coined "backy" here--as in "no eye contact"). I had my normal walk-about M4-P with 28/1.9 mounted on it--and got pretty much what I previsualised--for all its weaknesses or strengths. If anyone has technical suggestions regarding alternate films (T400CN here) or exposure techniques that might have worked here, then I'm all ears. I very much want to perfect a technique for working in this sort of light. Chandos At 09:42 AM 06/03/2002 -0700, you wrote: >I don't imagine you ran all the techie stuff through your head making an >analytical assessment of light ratios, detail in shadows verses highlights >and all that other stuff, expose for shadows develop for whatever before >trippin' the shutter. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html