Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tuesday after the storm.
From: "Aram Langhans" <langhans@yakima-wa.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:33:06 -0700
References: <200210111522.IAA10997@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

Robert

Lovely light.  I really like this image.  Out of curiosity, since I have an
R8, did the R8 successfully meter this (did you just "point and shoot" or
did you meter off to the side or do any exposure compensations either in the
camera or in scanning.

Aram

> From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 4:58 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Tuesday after the storm.
>
>
> >
> >
> > Last Tuesday I went out on a sunrise shoot to get some pictures of a
local
> > farming community.  To my disappointment, the sun did not rise into blue
> > sky, but into dark overcast.  The predicted clear skies had not arrived
> > overnight.  After a stop for a coffee, the sun started to poke
> > out.  Driving by this house, I was struck by the light on it.  I
> > immediately  went to find a good vantage point to photograph it.  The
> > results are at the link below.
> >
> > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/PAW2002/wk40.htm
> >
> > I used the R8 and 105-280 and Provia 100F to capture the nice light.  A
> > tiffen .6 ND grad was used to keep the sky down a bit.  I waited until
the
> > low morning sun poked out from the clouds behind me and illuminated the
> house.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert

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