Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]G'day all, I recently had the chance to visit Antelope canyon. I was desperate to work on some of the flowing sandstone shapes in both colour and b/w. The canyons are quite narrow, and to my surprise, present a major problem of "contrast". Of course, I should have realized, but nothing beats being there. My first images are "failures". Despite keeping the lens out of the direct line of the light as it pours through the ceiling the 15 mm Super elmar has created a chicken pox effect with small dots of flare -- small I presume as I was using f16 or f22. Am I right in thinking this is due to the highlights bouncing around in the lens barrel? Is there any way to avoid this flare? Is the older super elmar more prone to flare than the newer version -- not that I could afford the newer one, or the trip back to Arizona !!!! Please visit: http://stairfirkin.com/Mayimages/antelopeflare1.jpg http://stairfirkin.com/Mayimages/antelopeflare2.jpg to see my problem. Not that I can easily return to Antelope Canyon ;-) I will be slowly posting some images of our trip, as I work on them in the darkroom (and with the scanner). Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html