Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Adam, a lovely portrait - I'm surprised how little noise there is at that ISO setting. I enjoyed the fried Walleye pic - all it needs is some fava beans and a nice chianti...slurp...:-) Regards Mark Pope Swindon, Wilts, UK Homepage: http://www.monomagic.co.uk Picture a week: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.pope4/Galleries/PAW/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:39 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Dinner portrait and a horror... > This weekend we were in balmy Minneapolis (well, we were the ones who > were balmy for actually GOING there when it was below zero the entire > time) for a Tai Chi demonstration after which we went out to celebrate > Chinese New Year. > > The lighting was a challenge. These images were made at the M8's ISO > 1250 setting and with the Noctilux wide open. It was darn dim in that > restaurant! > > We joined Jane and her husband Rick at table. > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/Jane.jpg> > > The softness seems to work for this portrait. I did the conversion to > B&W using CS3's black and white function which I like very much. > > One of the dishes presented, to the horror of the vegetarians I'm > certain judging from the table behind Jane where small gasps were > heard, was a fried walleye. My daughter leaned over and said, in her > best "Silence of the Lambs" voice: "Hello, Clarice" > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/L1000571_1.jpg> > > Comments and thoughts are welcome and invited. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >