Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PWIFLI: Portrait of Marianne
From: Michael Gerard <geeman1066@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:13:09 -0500
References: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10208281500230.1695-100000@mucho.2alpha.com>

Peter,
    I like the expression on her face, but the picture seems washed out.
Without any context, I think, it needs to be a portrait--nice skin tones,
etc. Maybe it's just my monitor, though.
Regards,
Michael Gerard
geeman1066@earthlink.net

Peter Klein wrote:

> PWIFLI = Picture When I Feel Like It.  Lazy/busy man's PAW.
>
> This is probably a record for me.  The picture was taken last Friday, and
> it's up on Tuesday.  The picture was taken in Marianne's office, with
> Ted's favorite Rembrandt lighting coming from a window, and the
> flourescent office lights providing a bit of fill.
>
>         http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/marianne.jpg
>
> Now for some fun.  Let's play Guess the Lens.  Here is the above photo,
> with no adjustments, spotting or sharpening, just reduced in size and
> Jpegged:
>
>         http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/marianne-4.jpg
>
> And here's another shot with a different lens.
>
>         http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/marianne-5.jpg
>
> Can you guess which lens was used in each shot?  All I'll tell you is that
> they both are fast normal lenses, shot wide open at 1/60th.  Delta 100
> developed by a local pro lab in D76 1:1.
>
> Disclaimer:  No, the lenses were not bolted to an 8-ton concrete block
> equippend with a seismometer.  Therefore this is not a scientific lens
> test, it proves nothing, blah blah blah. But oddly enough, the different
> characteristics of the lenses do come through in these photos, and are
> consistent with other photos taken with these lenses on the same roll.
>
> Coming soon:  More pictures from Venice!
>
> --Peter Klein
>
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