[Leica] Re: The Hatrack (with IMG)

[rpalmier at depaul.edu (bob palmieri)]

Double warning...  posted to Reflex & LUG forums, plus could be  
interpreted as peskey Film vs Digital kinda thing:

Begin forwarded message:
From: bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu>
Date: December 30, 2006 11:07:49 AM CST
To: leicareflex@freelists.org
Subject: Re: The Hatrack

David -

Damn nice symmetry and attitude you got from that model!  And the  
fact that it's a really good-looking image in spite of factors that  
some folks fear (and in some folk's cases, they should) like  
Cropping! and Extenders! and Zooms! and Pushed Film! and Handholding!  
is a tribute to both you and your gear.

I, too, took one of the SL's out for a walk a few weeks ago (in hand,  
with the 60 Macro-Elmarit and Provia 100 on a shoot where the main  
axe was a 20D & 400 Telyt on pod) and the snap with the most  
attractive qualities for me ended up coming from the SL/Film rig.  In  
fact, I shot the same subject with the Big Rig (yeah, I know,  
"whaddya expect from that Canon pea-shooter", etc.)  But the film  
version, even taking into account what looked to me like more  
intrinsic contrast & saturation, seemed to have more nuance of color  
& texture (in a lucky situation where the color temperature happened  
to be right up the film's alley.)  It also survived the usual losses  
in scanning which have sometimes led me to give up on posting  
something from a good-looking 'chrome.

http://www.pbase.com/bobsworld/image/70920132


While we're at it, I should say that I've been liking this "eye form"  
thing (both horizontal & vertical) where the subject sorta swells up  
in the middle and tapers away at the ends; here's a coupla more  
examples:

http://www.pbase.com/bobsworld/image/71462159


and this one (with the 60 Macro on the pod-mounted 20D)

http://www.pbase.com/bobsworld/image/72282591


That's all for now...

Bob Palmieri