Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair - Thanks. I don't what the exact shutter speed was when I took the picture, but since the little green light in the finder was flashing at the time and I still managed to get a reasonably sharp picture, I would guess it was somewhere between 1/8th and 1/15th second. >Richard, >I like both images, especially the first. Falling rain so often >looks like scratches that it somehow is difficult to get a good >rendition of the environment: anyone have solutions shutter speeds >etc best to capture snow or rain falling.? > >On 06/01/2005, at 3:22 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >>Had to be away awhile due to pressures elsewhere and am just now >>getting caught up. Sorry to have missed the discussion on Sontag. >>I don't intend to reopen it other than to say that her book, >>whatever its failings, was the first one to make me question what I >>was doing with my photography. >> >>Another book that was really helpful in those days was one by Ralph >>Hattersley who, as I remember, advised as a learning tool "one >>camera, one lens (50 mm), one film (Tri-X), and get as close as you >>dare." I wish I still had his book. It was called "Discover Your >>Self Through Photography." It got trashed in one of my regular >>library purges. >> >>In any case, I've decided to start a PAW. I will post weekly but >>since I tend to photograph in bursts, the photos will of necessity >>be recent but not necessarily from last week. >> >>These will be the first "people" pictures I've posted. Given my >>size (6'5") it's a bit hard to be stealthy, but I do try street >>candids from time-to-time. Both were taken in York UK last summer >>with an Olympus C-60 and converted to B&W in Photoshop. >> >>Photo 1 >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/2005-PAW/P7040043_web >> >>Photo 2 >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/2005-PAW/P7040022_web >> >>Comments and criticisms welcome as always. >>-- >>Regards, >> >>Dick >>Boston MA -- Regards, Dick Boston MA