Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, Looks like he's picked up a few tips from good ol' Granpa! 1/2 sec exposure - looks good to me - nice low viewpoint, good frraming. I wonder what it would be like on B&W. Best wishes & Happy New Year! Charlie Chan Cheltenham, UK topoxforddoc at btinternet.com www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 30 Dec 2010, at 23:04, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Dr_+Ted+Grant/ > > Hi crew, > A few interesting out of the mouths of the innocent! :-) Have a look and > smile. > > Early evening, dark, only street lights and passing car lights, > residential area. > > My 20 year old grandson Scott, better known as "WINK" rushed in the > house... "hey there's a crash at the corner, cop cars and wrecked cars. > G'pa where's your camera?" His own camera a Canon T2i ? is in the trunk > of his car. > > Grabs my M8 set @ ISO 160! 21mm C/V lens and out the door. This is a dark > night obviously no flash because "G'pa" doesn't own one. :-) Several > minutes later he's back with some frames.... Oh yeah all hand held! > > Me: "Wink did you change the ISO it was only set at 160! Did you get > anything?" > > WINK: " Oh yeah, the crashed front end of the taxi, a few close-ups of the > Cop in his cruiser." > > ME: "What shutter speed were you shooting at?" > > WINK: " I don't know, I was watching the light of the passing cars as they > lit the scene and was shooting when everything lit up!" > > ME: " Did you get anything with that little amount of light at ISO 160?" > > WINK: "Oh yeah sure because you've always said.... READY GUYS? :-) " If > you can see it . You can shoot it!" :-) I smiled, this kid is going to be > a good one! :-) > > ME: "What shutter speed? " > > WINK: "Some at 1/2 second. hand held!" > > ME: " WINK you can't get good pictures hand held at a 1/2 second let's > look." > > WINK: " Nobody told me you couldn't do that, so I just did it & shot!" > :-) > > OK folks have a look as it's not bad at night by a neophyte without > experience. And several others like it all at slow speeds. > > A smiling G'pa :-) > He has been shooting for several months B&W with an M6 so he does know how > to handle the camera. Accept nobody told him you really shouldn't shoot at > 1/2 second until you've got lots of experience and even then? "YOU'RE > LIVING DANGEROUSLY!" > > He is attending the local photojournalism college for photography and > writing . > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information