Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like L1000953.jpg... the warmth of the color is very nice to my eye. Jim Matthew Hunt wrote: > The CD will be out in the Autumn. They asked if I could do some > promotional > shots. As an amateur I found it a challenging but very enjoyable > assignment. I had to rush there after work on the Friday evening, but the > Saturday afternoon was more leisurely. I had not photographed in > floodlights mixed with sunshine before, and colour temperature took a lot > of > work. Maybe I should work in b/w as so many LUGgers do. I was impressed > with the lack of flare generally. Of course there were some lens > reflections, and a few shots affected by banding, which I have not shown. > I > was anxious not to get in anyone's way, and never clicked the shutter when > the recording light was on. When shooting from the organ loft with a > tripod, I kept the longer lenses at just below their maximum aperture, and > ever so slightly changed focus between each quick picture, hoping for at > least one good one. There were no posed shots at all. I have distilled > more than 200 pictures down to 24 for the gallery. Printing has gone well > on A3 (Epson R2400 with Permajet ink + paper) for the best. My Noctilux > then > went away for coding and I await its return. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Cambridge/Trinity/choir+and+Academy+of > +Ancient+Music/ > > http://tinyurl.com/ysfkqk > > Comments and criticism welcome. Thanks for looking. > > Matthew