Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For me the one that works best is 003 although I would like to see the cropping a bit tighter to match my personal taste. I see the main problem with the rest is that they are taken more from behind than in front, although flare is an obvious problem on one. Keep at it! Gerry www.gwpics.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Sanner" <flagstad@mindspring.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 6:56 AM Subject: [Leica] photographic critique requested > I'm still trying to get the hang of people photography with > Leicas (or with anything else, but we aren't here to talk about > artillery as photographic equipment <g>). I'd like to know what > people think of the photos below, particularly what I could do > differently next time to improve them. > > These were all taken on 2 May 2002 at Walter Lawson's shop in > Boonsboro, Md., as he repaired my Vienna horn. I used a Leica > IIIf BD, 50mm f/2 collapsible Summicron, and Fuji Superia 400. > Exposure was 1/15 or 1/30 at f/2, determined by taking an > incident light reading with a Sekonic L-508. Light was pretty dim > in the shop, much murkier than the pictures would lead you to > believe. > > For Ted, B.D., et al., I did ask permission to take the pictures > and put them on the web, which Walter instantly and readily gave. > > > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson003.jpg > > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson001.jpg > > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson002.jpg > > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson004.jpg > > > I like the first two best. The third loses it for me because of > the flare and because you can't really tell what Walter's doing > (he's making replacement parts). The fourth I think would be > better if you could see what he's doing with his hands > (installing the parts he made in picture 3). However, he moves > *really* fast, and it's a challenge to get focused and fire the > shutter at anything like the decisive moment. > > Maybe someday I'll get the hang of this kind of picture taking. > > A Vienna horn is a type of French horn that was once the > standard horn of Central European orchestras but today is used > only by the Vienna Philharmonic. The determining characteristic > is two pistons per valve, a system invented in Vienna, hence the > name. See > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/wienhorn.html for > more information and pictures of the whole horn and closeups > (warning: taken with a Nikon!) of the dual pistons. > > Thanks. > > Howard Sanner > flagstad@mindspring.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html