Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Abouth a month ago, I was on a business trip to Leesburg, VA, when I decided that the clever thing to do would be to drive a Florida rental car (don't ask) through a snowstorm to hook up with Jim Schulman in Reading, PA, to see the Reading Symphony Orchestra rehearse. Jim, being the marketing genius he is, lied through his teeth and introduced me as a professional photographer of international repute. While this bent the truth just a little more than it comfortably flexed, it did gain me access to crawl around the stage as the orchestra was rehearsing. So, armed with an M2 and a 50mm DR, two rolls of Tri-X and half a roll of Delta 100, I did my best impersonation of Robert Capa, shooting from every conceivable angle, and for about an hour had more fun than I've ever had since the time when I was two and Mum placed me, dressed in a plastic bib, infront of a sink full of water for me to splash anything within reach in. (By an odd coincidence, I suspect that I'll never live to see either of the two offers repeated.) Unfortunately, like Capa, the people who processed my film fuggered it up and fried the highlights, so everything looks a little odd. Well, that, and the fact that for some obscure reason, I can't expose film properly to save my life. While I used to live on the ragged edge of underexposure (actually, well beyond it in most cases) I now err on the side of caution -- the same side that 30-something mothers who buy 300hp, two-and-a-quarter ton SUVs to drive the little ones to kindergarten err on. Raw scans with minimal tonal correction to try to tame the highlights. No editing done yet, more to come. Yelps of joy and constructive criticism equally welcome. http://homepage.mac.com/mvhoward/PhotoAlbum6.html M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html