Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah - I just didn't get the usual intimacy with these as I normally do seeing your shots. I do like them nonetheless. Dave On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:47:22 -0500, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > GOOOOD catch, Dave - I was using a 100-400 zoom - In most cases it was > at 300-400. I tried getting right up to people, and got no where. So > since this was an assignment, the alternative was to use a longer lens. > But I think I ended up with some decent street portraits, so... But > again, you caught it right off... :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org ] On Behalf Of > David Mason > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:30 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW3 > > I like the main shot a lot. I do have one question though - when taking > these shots what focal length were you using? They seem quite candid and > most of the shots of yours I am familiar with have a more intimate > nature to them. > > Dave > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:30:41 -0500, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net > > wrote: > > The assignment was to shoot smokers. So after quite a bit of thought, > > I decided to leave my Glock home and took cameras instead. ;-) The > > location was the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan. And I > > discovered how difficult it can be to shoot in post-9.11 America - I > > was hassled by a PA cab dispatcher, a lone cop, and a pair of cops - > > all of whom warned me that it's illegal to photograph the bus > > terminal, or shoot in the direction of the bus terminal. In their > > defense, all were exceedingly polite, and when I suggested that I > > point outwards from the terminal, all left me alone. But obviously it > > didn't dawn on any of them > > - or the morons who give them their orders, that it's far more likely > > that one of the countless suitcases being wheeled through the > unguarded > > doors will contain enough high explosives to kill hundreds and perhaps > > take down the building, than it is that someone photographing the > > building poses a threat. > > > > But that aside - PAW3 and three alternates are at > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW > > > > Comments, critiques, etc.....welcome... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org ] On Behalf > Of > > Chandos Michael Brown > > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:23 PM > > To: 'Leica Users Group' > > Subject: [Leica] Three tries at one image > > > > The other night I exposed about 30 frames at ISO 800 with the Olympus > > E1, in part because I'm trying to capture something I see every day > > and in part because I'm messing around with an all digital workflow. > > These were made with the Zuiko 11-22/2.8-3.5, at the focal length of > > 22. They were exposed at 1/20-1/30 @ 3.5 and mildly cropped to reduce > > > the clutter in the room. > > > > I experimenting with PhaseOne's Capture Pro for RAW conversion into > > PhotoShop 7 (which I still use); B&W conversion with Fred Miranda's PS > > > plug in. The tonal range on these images is spectacular, except for > > the predictable blown spectral highlights around lighting sources. > > > > I found it tough going to get reasonably sharp results at this shutter > > > speed and where there's a lot of movement (here's where one distinctly > > > feels the absence of fast Leica glass and why I pant for Zuiko's > > soon-to-be-released fast normal prime), but I'm curious, do *any* of > > these final-cut images work? > > > > http://cmbrow.people.wm.edu/photography/New/1172223BW.htm > > > > http://cmbrow.people.wm.edu/photography/New/1172228BW.htm > > > > http://cmbrow.people.wm.edu/photography/New/1192262BW.htm > > > > Cheers! > > > > Chandos > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >