[Leica] IMG: Color: Whizzing Around the State Fair

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

Hi Uncle Doctor Ted,

You are, as usual,  absolutely correct.  Digital has been very
liberating in allowing me to work a scene with almost reckless
abandon, doing as you and others have taught me, trying new and
different things as I shoot.

The one downside is that I seem to spending a lot more time in
selecting, editing, cropping and adjusting the shots after they've
been put on my computer, but on balance I'm having a lot more fun with
my shooting than I have had in years.

As an example, this was the next frame on the roll (wait, wrong
century) and I think the person now visible at the right on the ride
makes that shot work better in b&w, although the first one still works
better in color I think.

http://www.bobbaron.com/2011Tests/W_WhizzingAroundv2BW.jpg

http://www.bobbaron.com/2011Tests/W_WhizzingAround.jpg

I am going to do a web album (and maybe at some point a Blurb book) of
these but for now I'm just having fun going through them and seeing
the possibilities.

--Bob

==On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 7:55 PM,  <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Robert Baron OFFERED:
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Color: Whizzing Around the State Fair
>
>
>> Some shots just need to be in color, I think.
>> > http://www.bobbaron.com/2011Tests/W_WhizzingAround.jpg
>
> Hi Bob,
> Absolutely!!!!! Moving rides for sure usually make for interesting colour
> photos. And they're certainly the kind of scene to play with and shooting
> lots at varying shutter speeds to capture the various effects of shutter
> open times.
>
> More so in the days of film when we never saw what was good, bad or
> beautiful until sometime a week or longer depending where you were 
> shooting.
> And when you would be back to anywhere near a lab for souping! Lots of
> bracketing for sure. Sometimes shoot a roll or two just for the effect and
> what it might be?
>
> Today and digital? Still shoot lots but at least we can see the end results
> in a matter of minutes or so, but also shoot a couple hundred if need be
> without a thought about how many we burn! :-) It's always the end result so
> who cares how many frames you shoot? :-)
>
> cheers,
> ted
>