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: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Nov 8 13:03:30 2005

Hi Richard
True about the essence of rain. I think everybody's essence is a bit
different, and related to his/her own memories. I just described mine.
About the crop: better IMO. Have you tried turning it into a nice B&W (even
with the colorful umbrellas)?


> From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:46:17 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for  the
> season.
> 
> 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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