Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/01

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Subject: LIGHT (was: Re: [Leica] WAS: LEICA SEMINAR! 2004. NOW: PHOTOGRAHIC DISCUSSION. ?)
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Mon Nov 1 21:34:08 2004
 
on 11/1/04 8:12 PM, William G. Lamb, III at lambroving@worldnet.att.net
wrote:

> 
> Doug,
> 
> All your examples are superb. I'm curious about this one which has the
> palate of a Japanese painting. Did you accept the SL meter's reading on the
> bird or did you open up another stop or more?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William
> 
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cbth00.jpg
>> backlight with opaque subject gives you rim light; best if you can keep
>> your background and lens in the shade.
> 

This was in my pre-Leica days.  IIRC (30 yrs ago) I used the camera's
center-weighted reading without adjustment.  One advantage the SLR has in
this situation is the ability to see the flare when the sun hits the front
element.  I was able to shift the camera position slightly to get the front
of the lens into a patch of shade w/o spoiling the composition.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
Replies: Reply from kennybod at mac.com (Kenneth Frazier) (LIGHT (was: Re: [Leica] WAS: LEICA SEMINAR! 2004. NOW: PHOTOGRAHIC DISCUSSION. ?))
 In reply to: Message from lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III) (LIGHT (was: Re: [Leica] WAS: LEICA SEMINAR! 2004. NOW: PHOTOGRAHIC DISCUSSION. ?))