Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 11, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Phong wrote: > Walt Johnson wrote: >> Here is a prime example of "eye contact" by Jake Engel which speaks >> quite well of honesty. Hope he doesn't mind me illustrating a point >> with it. Eye contact that seems to take us right to the heart and >> soul >> of a subject. Absolutely beautiful and real. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/engelpaw2005/steph27 > > This photo from Jake Engel is one of the best > use of the 75mm Summilux I have ever seen, and > it is a very difficult lens to use wide open > effectively. > > Suumilux or not, it is just a great photo; > at first, I thought I would prefer the far eye to also > be focused, but on second viewing, I prefer > it as is, as the just out-of-focus far eye > gives the impression of implied motion of > the woman just turning her head toward the viewer. > This may or may not be Jake's intention at the > moment of exposure. > > Just a superb portrait, reminiscent of > Harry Callahan's Eleanor, just as riveting, > though styliscally quite different, of course. > > Thanks Walt for posting the photo, as I didn't > see it before. here is a photo of a child I took last year using the S'lux 75mm 1.4 wide open... I always liked the unusual look of this image, when I took it I commented that the child looked "carved out of marble" ... the child was sleeping, at that time. She recently died, I made a print of this for the parents... http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-71354.html Steve