Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, Rattan, after it has been peeled of it's hard surface, has a bunch of hair like roughness to it. They torch off the hairs to make it smoother before they sand and finish the chairs. It's kind of a long tedious process. Leo > ---------- > From: Jeffrey Fass > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2002 12:03 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] new photos > > Leo, > > Why do they burn rattan chairs? Is it for a finish or patina? Overstock? :-) > > Cheers, Jeffrey Fass > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wesson, Leo W" <LWWesson@pier1.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:33 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] new photos > > > > Carl, > > > > The monks and the blurred procession shot were shot at Wat Benchamabophit > (the Marble Temple) in Bangkok. Wat Benchamabophit is one of the most > important temples to the Thais and the Royal Family goes there often for > special occasions. The occasion that I was there for was the Buddhist > Lenten Celebration. One on the Princesses were there, as were about a > hundred guards and thousands of worshipers. The guards wouldn't let me take > pictures of the Princess before the ceremony (they would shine their > flashlights directly into my lens) but once the ceremony started you could > go anywhere and do anything as long as you didn't get in the way.Thais are > very tolerent of Westerners as long as there aren't too many of them and are > not disrespectful.The ceremony that occurs it that the gathered people , led > by the oldest monk make three trips around the temple carrying candles and > chanting (Candlelight Procession). After that the monks go into the temple > to pray (Monks Bowing). Every! > > thing is basically candlelight or really low light. Too dark for my M6 to > meter (hence my previous questions about low light metering capabilities of > the M6 and 7) so I had to pull out my WAG meter (wild ass guess). Was > shooting Fuji 1600 till I ran out, then shot whatever 400 I had pushed to > 1600, shooting at mostly 1 sec f/2. I knew that the film would be either > camera blurred or motion blurred. I was lucky and I was unlucky.I have a > lot of other shots that are almost great, and if they had been sharper they > would have been awsome...As awsome as the memory. > > > > Leo > > > ---------- > > > From: Carl Pultz > > > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2002 9:21 AM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] new photos > > > > > > Leo wrote: > > > > I would like to post a link to some photos I took on a trip to Asia > this > > > year. Feel free to comment... I appreciate the time that all of you > great > > > shooters take to look at images. > > > > > > > > http://homepage.mac.com/leosarv/PhotoAlbum5.html > > > > > > > > > Leaving the great aside, I'll comment anyway. > > > > > > I like these very much: > > > > > > monks bowing > > > candlelite procession > > > sleeping > > > dancing girl > > > > > > The boy could be dreaming of his truck, and that shot is very well > composed > > > and exposed. The girl is perfectly timed and framed. The blurred shots > > > might be just lucky, but you had the imagination to try them and they're > > > really good - there's nothing wrong with luck! The monks could be a > little > > > darker, but I like the skewed angle. > > > > > > Two others: The crocodile farm is almost great. I suspect that if you > could > > > have got a little farther back, it would have been better. Trimming the > > > left side helps, I think. > > > > > > Wanted to mention lantau island, also, because it is well seen, but not > > > quite as well executed. Nothing you could do about the post in the > center, > > > but with a little more care the placement of the women and the umbrella > > > could have found better harmony with the background.> > > > > > > All of the photos have something interesting in them, those are the ones > > > that stand out to me. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Carl > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > -- > 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