[Leica] New postings -> Ted

[lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)]

Hi Ted,

Thank you very much! I really appreciate your comment and the point you are 
signaling is not the first time I receive similar advices. The reasons? 
First at all my fault for non react about this important point, other 
reasons? I never - or almost never - carry a telephoto, I own a Telyt 4/200 
and there is more than one year I?ve not used it, I had a 135/3.4 Apo Telyt 
(superb lens) but I was using  it very few and I?ve sold it, on the other 
hand on the small streets I love go it is rare the successful possibility to 
use a telephoto. A Monopod??, it is a good idea if I was using telephoto 
lenses? When I?ve shoot this photo, 25 years ago? I was 44 ? a good age to 
carry a big lens, in that time the longest lens I had was the lovely 
Apo-Telyt 180/3.4 and for my usual work on the streets my usual lenses was 
the 50mm and the 35 mm, I can say that actually it is almost the same.

But your observation about keep the background out of focus is a very good 
recommendation and even actually using 35 and 50 mm lenses I shall remember 
and apply it, I don?t have the Noctilux but I think I can do a decent work 
with my Summilux 50 or 35 wide open, for me they are more fast and 
comfortable to use than a telephoto.

Thank you for your advice, I will keep it in my mind!

Cheers
Lluis


El 03/12/2014, a las 19:54, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribi?:

> Subject: Re: [Leica] New postings
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/15739066488/in/photostream/
> 
> Hi Luis,
> I like this one the best. :-) The painter.
> 
> A suggestion if you ever come across this same scene, same location?  
> MAYBE?????? Would require some extra gear? ;-) Sorry.. A bunch of gear! :-)
> 
> It would require a Leica long lens and probably an SLR?  Using the 280mm 
> f2.8 ? Also trying the 1:4 extender making the lens an f4. 400mm? Or the 
> 2X extender making the lens a 560mm, f5.6 OR wild and crazy... Using both 
> extenders creating an f. 8.0  800mm lens. You can hand hold this if you 
> were 30 years old. :-) Yep been there and hand held it like that a long 
> long time ago! :-) aaahhhh The wonderful days of youth and long glass! :-) 
> 
> However I strongly suggest a monopod for best results. Yeah someone will 
> say use a tripod!! NEVER ! They're just a big pain in the butt if you are 
> shooting on the street! The monopod is bad enough as it slows you down 
> from a quick KISS shot!
> 
> Using the lens wide open.. this will make the background quite out of 
> focus behind the painter making him standout quite sharply from the all 
> out of focus back ground. OR maybe not?? What the heck, I'd give it ago if 
> it were me. Sometimes you only learn if it works or not by shooting it!
> 
> Yeah I know it's easier to describe than to shoot it! :-)
> 
> But if all the gear were available it might be an interesting effect?  
> MAYBE? :-)
> 
> cheers,
> ted
> 
> 
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