Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/03

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Subject: [Leica] New and Old Year photos
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 21:50:06 +1000
References: <AANLkTik=FDiSLCpx1ODbSKJ_1dW8swgzZMrzC65XF+xd@mail.gmail.com> <C946C8CA.8B22%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Surely that's not noise we are seeing from an underexposed shot from your
Nikon crop circle camera
Who would have thunk it!! ;-).

1400 ISO and -1EV, you must like a challenge!


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
NO ARCHIVE

On 3 January 2011 15:28, 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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