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Subject: [Leica] New and Old Year photos
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 16:02:23 +1030
References: <AANLkTik=FDiSLCpx1ODbSKJ_1dW8swgzZMrzC65XF+xd@mail.gmail.com> <C946C8CA.8B22%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I think my face is just blurry 8-)

Is that with the 28/1.4 Nikkor?

It was a really great night out.

Marty

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> After shooting the Cathedral we went across the street to the Hungarian
> pastry shop but the cat was gone. So I had my baklava all to myself.
> Here's Marty as were were about to leave we were in a dark corner.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100908_220232.jpg.html
> We had a great time.
>
> His face is soft not because of missed focus which is how I think it looks
> but because of a quick turn of his head in a left to right direction.
> For a sharpness check look at the buttons on his shirt.
> This was very low light. I had to light a ?match to check my id in my 
> wallet
> to remember what my name was.
>
>
>
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> mark at rabinergroup.com
> Cars: ? http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb
>
>
>
>
>> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:39:44 +1030
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New and Old Year photos
>>
>> Thanks Lluis, I've been trying to get a good portrait of Fionn for
>> about 3 years. ?The digital B&W is still only working for me where the
>> subject has a relatively limited illuminance and I remain hopeful for
>> a camera with a monochrome sensor.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Lluis Ripoll
>> <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Nice work, my clearly favorite isthe first one in B&W, a great picture!
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>> El 01/01/2011, a las 10:57, Marty Deveney escribi?:
>>>
>>>> Still trying with digital B&W. ?When the illuminance range is within
>>>> the range of the sensor, it's pretty nice:
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/fionn+web.jpg.html
>>>> M8, Summilux 75.
>>>>
>>>> The garden continues to produce elements of tasty meals:
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/borlotti+beans.jpg.h
>>>> tml
>>>> M8, Summilux 75.
>>>>
>>>> In September last year, Anita and I had a fantastic night out in New
>>>> York City with Mark Rabiner. ?After meeting at Tom's at W112th and
>>>> Broadway, we wandered through Columbia University and then on to a
>>>> Greek restaurant, the Hungarian Pastry Shop, The Cathedral of St John
>>>> the Divine and a little public transport odyssey before saying
>>>> goodbye. ?A great night out. ?I'd been working and we were fatigued
>>>> and this was exactly what I needed. ?Here's a photo from where we met:
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/USA/rabs+web.jpg.html - I
>>>> stopped down a little (maybe f2-2.8?) because of the potential for bad
>>>> bokeh, about which Rabs and I long ago agreed to disagree.
>>>> Interestingly, in the highlights you can see texture from the
>>>> polishing on the aspherical element in my 35/1.4 asph, here at 100%:
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/USA/rabs+highlight+asphere.jpg.h
>>>> tml
>>>> I don't like the rendition of these highlights and this texture
>>>> really catches my eye and bugs me, even in the full size version
>>>> printed large. ?My eyes are distractable and particular. ?This is
>>>> posted because I otherwise like the photo and because it points out to
>>>> me how some things have this amazingly strange way of appearing at
>>>> moments when they are entirely apropos. ?I've been looking for a good
>>>> example of this for a long time.
>>>>
>>>> Happy new year everyone.
>>>>
>>>> Marty
>>>>
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