Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi B.D., I've been meaning to mention this since after your Eugene Richards' workshop in Maine. Your reply echoes something I've read in Freeman Patterson's "Shadowlight". I will go back and reread it. Anynody else on the list has read it ? - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 12:52 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] I See Dead People & PAW Ketchup > > > Rather than go back to reshoot the T-shirt, you might want to think about > why you're shooting the t-shirt - other than to document its existence. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of TMitchell > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 12:17 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] I See Dead People & PAW Ketchup > > > Hi Don, > > I would have never thought about blurring the people in the Market shot. > I'm definitely going to watch for that shirt there again some time and try > to reshoot. > > I do plan to reshoot the bridge on a day with better sky. On the PAW > project, I've been trying to work within the constraints of posting > something shot during the previous week and it's hard to find a good sky in > Aberdeen. I think the rainiest place in the continental US is about 30 > miles from there. It's easy to see where Kurt Cobain picked up a lot of his > angst. I only pass through there on surfing trips so this is will be filed > in my mental 'future shots to do' list. > > The water idea sounds fun too. I'll need to wear a raincoast though, I got > frickin' soaked the first time ;-> > > Thanks a ton, especially for the dead people idea. I'm doubtful that would > have come to me on my own and I've got a couple other creepy places it'll > come in handy. > > T. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Don Dory > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 6:43 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] I See Dead People & PAW Ketchup > > > Hi Thomas; > Let's see, > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=997625&size=lg > There is definitely something here, what is needed is some echo of the > t-shirt. Possibly a slow shutter speed to blur the people so they look > ghost like, or a double exposure so the people are transparent. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=997629&size=lg > This bridgscape is more problematic as it just doesn't reach me. If I were > confronted by a similar structure I would have gotten lower and shot at a > more upward angle, hopefully choosing a day with more clouds in the sky with > a orange to red filter to pop the bridge structure from the sky. However, > this is your art so if that is not the message you wanted to say then please > disregard as everyone should have their own vision. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=997633&size=lg > The wall of water is an intriguing image with something there. Possibly a > vertical composition, possibly some spot of color. I do think the main is a > stronger image than the alternate, mostly because the water in this case is > better stopped than blurred. Woulda, shoulda, possibly multiple exposures > at a high shutter speed to build up a wall of sharp water? > > Thanks for showing your work. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html