Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The larger negative is very alien or new to me. I find myself composing for rules of the 2:3 proportions but have to remember that I'm not shooting 4x5. It's slower, more deliberate like 4x5. I'm paying attention to converging lines more now that I have this very wide lens. It's so new to me as to be novel and there's a good bit of surprise involved because I don't have a viewfinder that takes in quite the whole field of view. When I modified the camera, I wanted to just have a portable wide-angle "point & shoot", which I certainly do, albeit with 3 bubble levels protruding now. I can handhold this camera and be more nonchalant about focus since the depth of field is much greater. I suppose it's much like a very big Ricoh GR from another time. It's got me looking at the world in slightly different proportions right now and that new view has shaken up a bit of photography for me. For the better. I've learned a lot in the past month through using the old lens and finding its quirks, strengths and weaknesses; to the wide angle lens and working with it's limitations of distortion and lesser magnification than I'm used to. It's all been good though. Philip -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lottermoser George Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:23 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Now trying to make photos,not just playing around with a novelty These continue to be quite visually interesting. The subjects which almost demand a panorama approach I find most interesting. The chained statue - less so for my eye. This was my problem during the 5 years I worked with the xpan and the 12 years that I occasionally took the 12x20 out for a drive. I rarely seemed to find myself near a subject which "demanded" a panorama view. So many of my negatives appeared to be forced, "tricky" compositions. Of course, now that I have sold both, and you present these, and folks point us to the new range of panorama cameras, I begin to see panoramas all around me. ;~) Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Feb 5, 2007, at 7:35 PM, Philip Forrest wrote: > The latest 6x12 images. Still C41 color negative film scanned with an > ordinary light box as a light source on a flatbed scanner. > > Chained statue outside a gallery on South Street, Philadelphia. > http://tinyurl.com/yohokq > > Derelict wharf off Christopher Columbus Ave, Philadelphia. > http://tinyurl.com/2goan5 > > Benjamin Franklin bridge, Philadelphia. > http://tinyurl.com/244hlw > > Ben Franklin bridge and the distortion of the 90mm Optar lens. I > love this > lens. > http://tinyurl.com/yp6kq2 > > Philadelphia skyline from the decaying South Street bridge. There > is a bit > of camera shake due to very high wind spiting my tripod and I. > Next time I > may bring a sandbag. ...and some real black & white film for that > matter. > http://tinyurl.com/yvnrxu _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information