Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think HCB is reacting against photo editors and photographers themselves who will pick a shot where the subjects eyes are closed just because that's the sharpest on on the strip. A few of HCB' s iconic shots he missed his focus. This happened on occasion to most of his peers in Magnum and other top working photographers as well as serious photo enthusiasts up to this day. When the guy we are shooting is less sharp than his assistant standing right next to him a step back from him then that's what is known as missing your focas. Its better to have the guy we are talking about in the caption being sharper than people who the story is not really about. You carefully go over your contacts even use a loup on the negs themselves to avoid going with a shot in which you've missed your focus. Usually you've covered the thing. You've got a lot of shots to chose from. And you avoid using a missed focus shot. But sometimes you have to go with the shot with the missed focus as that's the key moment in the sequence and there's just no getting around it. But it counts just how out of focus your subject is and how big the shots going to be seen. And if the guy's eyes are closed (he blinked) then no the fact that is the sharpest shot has nothing to do with it. We hope. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 17:39:10 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Endgadget on the MM > > I don't think it's about sharpness. I think it's about more detail in the > shadows, which Henri would love! > > Tina > > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> That's funny. The internal codename during development for the M Monochrom >> was "Henri" >> >> Cheers, >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> >> On 31 May 2012 07:21, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: >> >>> ........ No doubt some purists will want the MM for its acuity but as >> Henri >>> says, "Sharpness is a Bourgeois Concept.".................. >>> >>> -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information