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Subject: [Leica] More 15mm Shots
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Fri Feb 10 10:47:05 2006
References: <p06230903c0116df50006@[131.142.12.152]> <004501c62dd2$82b06c20$2ee76c18@ted> <p0623090ac01272178a10@[131.142.12.152]> <002101c62e70$74c1ca70$2ee76c18@ted>

Ted - I think I see what you're getting at.  Fill the frame, always 
the golden rule, is doubly important with a super-wide and maybe 
triply important with blur shots.  Next time I'll go down to a 
quarter-, half-,and a full-second, and see what comes up.  Thanks 
again.



>Richard S. Taylor showed:
>Subject: Re: [Leica] More 15mm Shots
>>>>>Well it turns out color is available but, to me anyway, but I don't
>>think it's much of an improvement, at least for this image, because 
>>there is so little color in the shot to begin with.
>>
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_35A_0103_color_web<<<
>
>Hi Dick,
>Quite correct and if any thing might help other than colour things, 
>would've been a slower shutter speed. Even then I don't think it's 
>worth the effort.
>
>Another thing to keep in mind is the amount of sky you're showing is 
>too empty. In other words the scene requires "pictorial clouds" that 
>increases the blurs of blue and white through this area. Or the 
>train and track side background are much closer together filling the 
>frame with much more blur effect.
>
>Big empty areas are nada for this to work for the best effect.
>
>But keep trying as you're on the right "track." ;-) And like I said, 
>it takes lots of film to get beauties.
>
>ted
>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick

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