Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Details, details. ;-) Sent from my iPhone Sonny Carter http://www.SonC.com/look On Mar 26, 2013, at 6:14 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > Nice image. My wife and I were driving by Hernandez one evening when there > was a full moon rising. My photo is a little different - there is > definitely a difference between an 8x10 and a triplet lens, and a Contax > 35mm with a 25mm Distagon. Oh wait, I forgot the story that goes along > with > my photo...... > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Chris > Crawford > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:44 PM > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Moonrise - Ansel Adams > > Moonrise wasn't in Yosemite, it was in Hernandez, New Mexico. Hernandez is > not a town, its a collection of rundown trailers around an old church. I > visited it one day when I lived in Santa Fe. The place is about an hour > drive north from Santa, if I remember right. > > I shot this photo of the church Adams photographed: > http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1274 > > Adams shot it from the highway, which is behind the church, while I made my > photo from the front of it. The crosses and gravestones he saw behind the > church were not visible when I was there because the whole churchyard was > overgrown with tall weeds when I was there in the summer of 2006. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 3/25/13 10:56 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > >> But Adam, They could paint three dots on the ground at Yellowstone, and >> at the appointed hour with an identical camera and identical plates >> and, well, you get the picture, Actually, I mean, you would not get the >> picture. Moonrise is a non-repeatable. >> >> You might come close, but why would you want to? So you might have >> gotten a better result shooting wider, or faster or at a different ISO. >> The conditions are gonna be different next time unless you are in a >> studio. >> >> The whole point of what we do is to see something and show someone else >> what we see. >> >> Look Adam, See what I see! >> >> Behold! Look! See! Emblepo! >> >> There are lots of variables in Photography, what we do out there is >> try to get them right. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: >>> Maybe for you guys who have been shooting for ages. For us neophytes >>> that information is actually instructive: I look at an image, mostly I >>> remember what I was trying to achieve. How did I shoot this? Hmmm, >>> interesting choice but I might have gotten a better result shooting >>> wider, or faster, or at a different ISO. There are lots of variables >>> in photography. Not all of us are adept at getting them right. >>> >>> I don't think having that available is harmful or useless. I find it >>> invaluable. >>> >>> I've found a somewhat snotty vibe to the responses to this post >>> mostly because Nathan's original post was a bit edgy and judgmental >>> since he dissed the entire idea of metadata from the git-go. >>> >>> Metadata are a tool, just as the captured image is a tool, to making >>> a better image the next time. >>> >>> That's the important part. >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> On Mar 24, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>> wrote: >>>> techhnical details are useless at best, and harmful at worst. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information