Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> If I can actually manage to nail focus on the eyes (something I find > Nocti-challenging), and just embrace the muted and slightly odd colors > and the textures from the combination of the wide-open-f/1.0-Noctilux > with no IR filter and an M8 at ISO 1250, I kind of like the result. > > http://photos.bazbarfoo.com/Parties/20091107-ChezSnJ/10563443_ZsNkK#733694114_6xmFT-X3-LB > > -Jeff The nocti will always be hard to "nail" focus: you need IME to take a few shots. I can see where you are headed with this combination, but I don't think colour will be the best end-point. I may be wrong, but the colours are for me not adding to the portrait, but the "grittyness" is. Try it in b/w. I think you may like the results. I would also consider a gentle blur to the image with a sharpen edges. Cheers Alastair