Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/08

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Subject: [Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for the season.
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Tue Nov 8 12:46:25 2005
References: <BF96C26D.7BAA%philippe.orlent@pandora.be>

Rain has many essences, I think.  It might be someone sitting with 
their feet up on a sofa inside near a window with a steaming mug of 
coffee or cider as the rain pelts the picture window immediately 
behind them.  Or,it might be someone in an anorak shivering in a cold 
drizzle on a gray city street.  Or, it might be any of a number of 
other things.  I agree about the sharpness but would go with a slow 
shutter speed to catch the streaks of rain or the dizzily mist.

I posted a cropped version of "Rain on Tourists" and would be 
interested in knowing what people thought of it with respect to the 
original.

Cropped:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/RAIN/P7040003_alt_web

Original:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/RAIN/P7040003_web

Thanks.

Regards,

Dick
Boston MA



>The essence of rain: a hard thing to catch.
>I liked Nathan's shot of the girl in the rain very much, and yours of the
>Rain on Tourists, too, even if it's unsharp.
>For me it should be a combination of B&W, a person hurrying through the rain
>(with the same feeling of 'Jimmy Dean on that cold morning in NY'), visible
>and splattering raindrops, pinsharp.
>So a combination of a short shutterspeed and a small aperture. In low light.
>Not sure if I'll ever catch the essence of rain...
>
>Thanks for showing,
>Philippe
>
>
>
>>  From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net>
>>  Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>  Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:35:11 -0500
>>  To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>  Subject: Re: [Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for  the
>>  season.
>>
>>  Thanks Jim.
>>
>>>  The second one fits the bill for me, Dick.
>>>
>>>  Reminds me a little of one of BD's from a few months ago.
>>>
>>>  Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>  Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Here's four to get started.
>>>>
>>>>  Rain on the street (York, UK)
>>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/RAIN/P7040006_web
>>>>
>>>>  Rain on a window (Portinscale, UK)
>>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/RAIN/P6300005_mono_web
>>>>
>>>>  Rain on the water (Falmouth, MA, USA)
>>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/RAIN/01_17A_0268_web
>>>>
>>>>  Rain on tourists (York, UK)
>>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/RAIN/P7040003_web
>>>>
>>>>>  Post your images to the group with the Subject: Essence of a Rainy Day
>>>>>  and we'll see if we can inspire each other.
>>>>>
>>>>>  How's that sound?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Of course now I have to wait for it to actually rain.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Adam
>>
>>
>>  (snip)
>>  --
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Dick
>>  Boston MA
>>
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