Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, Now that is a divine portrait with a great capture of expression. My only minor quibble is the window to the right in the background. Could you have moved slightly to your right to eliminate it from the image? Don dorysrsus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter Klein Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 11:33 PM To: lug@leica-users.org; leica@freelists.org Subject: [Leica] Bride by window light Last week, I was in New York/New Jersey for my cousin's wedding. After the official photographer did his thing with his F3 and big strobe, I'd asked the bride to stand by the window. I love window light. http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/JonAntionWedding/2-34Antionette.htm M6TTL, 50/1.5 Nokton, Kodak's newest Portra B&W 400 C-41 film, light from the window to the bride's left. Exposure? I haven't the faintest idea. I vaguely remember putting the metering circle 1/3 on the dress and 2/3 on the bride's skin, telling her how gorgeous she was, and squeezing off two shots. I shot nine rolls of film. I plan on sending a CD to family members, and I am NOT gonna scan that many negatives, so I used Costco's "develop and burn to CD" service. The good news is that the CD scans are about 2000 x 3000 pixels, and are fine for casual email and Web. Like machine prints, they are too high-contrast, but a tweak here and there make them fine for family's on-screen consumption. The bad news is that Costco scratched the negatives, fortunately after the scanning and printing were done. Aargh. I rescanned the above myself, and spent a lot of time with the clone tool getting the scratches out. My Canon FS4000's digital FARE does fine with dust spots, but just smears scratches. --Peter Klein Seattle, WA _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information