Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Scary story and a great photograph. Chris B 2009/1/3 Ken Carney <kcarney1@cox.net>: > Geoff, > > I like GC1 a lot. It should make a great print. I'll tell you sometime > about not wearing proper footgear and rolling 75 feet over sharp rocks > until > you are stopped by a tree bigger than you are, and spending the day in the > ER in the middle of nowhere getting all better and confessing stupidity. > OK, > I've already told it. > > Here is my GC shot: > > http://www.kencarney.com/Places/psd_0021_std.html > > I also have another Kodachrome one with golden hour light and a rainbow, > but > I like this one better. M3 and Summicron 35mm, film now forgotten. > > Ken > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- >> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson >> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 5:01 PM >> To: 'Leica Users Group' >> Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG: Hoppies visit to USA Episode Six >> >> Thank you for looking and taking the time to comment Doug, Steve and Tina. >> As Doug pointed out, your visual world is restricted to a small arc within >> the snow cloud. Worse is no morning or afternoon light and 90% of the >> colour >> palate stolen by the flat overcast! Sob. >> Still you have to man up and shoot the best you can. Also pay attention >> when >> wearing worn rubber soles instead of suitable outdoor shoes on the ice! >> ............ >> Certainly not the best lighting to show off the grandness of the Grand >> Canyon. GC6 for me best shows the 'layering' of the rock features as you >> look into the distance, and GC7 best demonstrates the scale of the canyon >> when I realized those dots are people! >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> .............. >> grand photos of the Grand Canyon in good weather are a dime a dozen, >> seeing >> it in adverse conditions...snow, rain, storm conditions , that's worth the >> trip... >> the hardest part of shooting the GC is its very vastness, especially >> in poor light... >> finding something tiny/small to focus on, including the oof vastness >> behind, may do the trick... >> I'd be interested to see that...especially with the snow, >> >> Steve >> .............. >> No trouble focussing of course, I just meant that the wides gave me very >> large DoF. I do try, especially with the 18 to include a foreground item >> of >> interest. >> Again due to very short time-frame a tripod was impractical. I like to use >> an external finder too with landscapes. Since I need vision correction for >> distance, I needed to not spend all of the time with my eye to a >> viewfinder >> either. It's a trap to be so intent on the photography that you don't >> remember to just LOOK. So camera down and glasses on. >> ..................... >> Makes me want to hike it again!! But in October, not in the snow. ;-) I >> can't imagine hiking some of those trails in ice and snow. I like the one >> with the people that gives you an idea of the vastness of the canyon. >> I'm enjoying your USA photos and admire your ability to edit!! >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> ................... >> Tina I only got to stand at the head of Bright Angel Trail and tell my >> family that you had made your delightful trip to Phantom Ranch. Believe me >> I >> was thinking of the weather you experienced last October. >> My family has never seen the GC at all and so were still in awe, but it >> was >> chilly awe! I offered the nice lady in the book shop $100 for a woolly >> hat. >> I am pleased to hear from some masterful photographers that they are >> enjoying some of my shots as I post. I wish that every one of you could >> have >> stood with me at Tunnel View in Yosemite as the snow clouds swirled in! >> That >> is for a later episode! Except for the photogs who don't worship at Ansel >> Adam's altar ;-) >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >