Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe do a 'Schindler's List' then: only color in the umbrella's? > From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:15:58 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for the > season. > > Phillipe - Yes, of course, we all have our own experiences to reflect > in our writing and photography. Couldn't agree more. > > Thanks for the comment on the cropped photo. I'll give it a try in > B&W, though I must admit a fondness for the color in the umbrellas. > > Dick > > >> 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 >>>> > > (snip) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >