[Leica] Photo: The Old Time Fiddlers of Black Canyon

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Adam--

That's a REAL fine portrait that deserves a better background.

PhotoShop time!

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies

On May 14, 2006, at 10:26 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> We're in Arizona this weekend, closing the house in Black Canyon. It's
> hot, 100 or so, hardly counts as hot in Arizona where hot begins about
> 115.
>
> Here in Black Canyon there's a monthly meeting of "fiddlers" who
> invite the public to come and listen as they play their mix of blue
> grass and traditional American tunes.
>
> Here's one of the players and his wife. By chance they knew my wife's
> parents from the time when they lived here.
>
> It was shot at 3200 with the 1Ds MKII and the 24-70 f2.8L, the
> conversion to B&W done with Convert to Black and White Pro lit by a
> combination of window light and fluorescent fixtures.
>
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U1240-bw.jpg>
>
> Comments most welcome.
>
> I'll have a few more images to share from what I shot but this was the
> most personal and the one I connected with most deeply. The others are
> just "art".
>
> Adam
>
>
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