Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice new bird, too. Ric On Aug 10, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Craig Roberts wrote: > Hey y'all, > > I've added a second seagull shot to the gallery. This, obviously, > was taken within minutes of the first one, though in shadow this > time. Therefore, it has a vaguely menacing mood as compared with > the first one, With a wider aperture and much less DOF, I elected > to prefocus on the area where the birds were approaching the boat. > I think shots like this demonstrate the unique advantage of the > rangefinder camera. You can "see it coming" and time the shutter > release accordingly. It's much harder to do with an SLR and -- > because of shutter lag -- darned near impossible with any digital > camera I've used. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/FishTown/Gull_2 > > I've also added a couple of new ones to the black and white sub-album: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Monochrome-studies > > I'd like to post some local (Washington, DC) photos,. but I've been > shooting everything with my Rolleiflex SL66 these days. > > All the best, > > Craig Roberts > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information