Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too, like this one very much. I'm a sucker for action shots that actually ~show~ action, though. I wonder, though, Sonny: I have a 19mm lens, and to fill the frame in that way, I'd have to be standing about 4 feet from the subject. You took that with a 15mm CV? Were you standing on the field? Wherever, weren't you worried that you and your camera would end up under a pile of big sweaty players any second? Terrific, dynamic shot, though! cheers, frank "Jorge M. Treviņo" wrote: > Sonny, > > I too like the shot very much. Why the prejudices? > > --Jorge. > > * * * * http://www.jorgemtrevino.com * * * * > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:06 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] demon player > > > Well, I like it, and hot on the heels of my last e_mail, shouldn't you > > be getting more work like this onto a public forum like The Family of > > Man 2 ;-) > > On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 02:00 Australia/Melbourne, Sonny Carter > > wrote: > > > > > I expect this one will get a mixed reaction. I shot with Fuji Velvia, > > > late > > > in the afternoon, Leica M6, CV 15mm at f4.5 and I suppose around > > > 1/10th of > > > a second. I am trying to overcome my predjudices regarding shots like > > > this. > > > Maybe a little "artful" tilt to the horizon? Demons won, by the way. > > > > > > http://www.sonc.com/demon_player2.htm > > > > > > Comments welcome. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Sonny Carter > > > > > > http://www.sonc.com > > > Natchitoches, LA USA > > > Oldest Continuous settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > Alastair > > > > -- > > 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 - -- "Hell is others" - -Jean Paul Sartre - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html