Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dick, It looks like you had fun. But, only in 0053 were you close enough. With the 15, if you can't touch the people you are too far away. Play with the lens to sense the coverage without bringing the camera to your eye. You will be amazed at how easy it is to shoot off hand from18 inches using guess focus at f11. Enjoyed the series though and wish I could spend a day out in the city. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 5/30/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > > Wide angle lenses are cool (showing my age there). These were all > taken with a 15mm Heliar on an M7. I like dramatic imagery of the 15 > and the way it can isolate people in even a crowded area like Times > Square. Even better, people just two feet away will look at you with > your camera to your eye and decide you couldn't possibly be taking > their picture. > > All but two of these are full frame. Two have been cropped to what I > guess must be about 21mm focal length. In some I've gone for an > "all-alone-in-the-big-city" look, in another I was after a crowded > look, in another I was just reporting what I saw. > > Love 'em or hate 'em, here they are. Comments encouraged. Thanks. > > Tourists 1 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_25A_0083_web > > Tourists 2 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_12A_0145_web > > Tourists 2 alternate > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_14A_0147_web > > Running Boy > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_01A_0020_web > > Wedding Party ( and don't they look young ;-) ) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_15A_0034_web > > Kodak/Alone > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_28A_0047_web > > MI3/Alone > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_14A_0072_web > > Deep in the Crowd > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_34A_0053_web > -- > Regards, > > Dick > Boston MA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >