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 13:28:07 2005
References: <BF96D12C.7BCB%philippe.orlent@pandora.be> <A89FBEF8-FC91-442B-B46E-1885205FAD30@mindspring.com>

Thanks Ric.

>Yep, better.
>
>Ric
>
>
>On Nov 8, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>>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)

-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

In reply to: Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for the season.)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for the season.)