Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/29

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Subject: [Leica] Noctilux King of the Night
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 17:04:56 -0300

Hi Luggers:

Last night I picked up a copy of the magazine with Erwin Putts review of
the Noctilux article in it.  It got me inspired to scan a few Noctilux
pictures I have taken in B&W.

These first two were taken at a family reunion in June.  Cigar is a picture
that was lit only by the lighter and a dim incandescent light behind her.
It was taken at f1 and at 30th of a second hand held.  The film was tmax
P3200 rated at ei 1600 and developed in Tmax developer.

http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/cigar.jpg

The second picture of my cousin Kim was taken in the boat house with
incandescent light at f1 and around 125th of a second.  I like the sparkle
the Noctilux gives to the eyes, which are not perfectly focused.  Film was
also Tmax P3200 at 1600.

http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/Kim.jpg


The next two pictures were taken with Tmax 100 at a neighbors boat house
last month.  This gentleman, Bruce, is retired and is eighty years old.
During the summer, he has daily meeting with his friend at noon where they
share a drink.  They call it their Director's meeting.  If you make it to
his Director's meeting, you are part of the "in Crowd" of Chester, a
community outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where a lot of people
have summer homes. 

http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/Bruce.jpg

The second picture is of one of the Directors, Boyd, who is also in his
eighties.  He is the second or third generation of his family from
Philadelphia that have spent the summer in Chester.

http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/Boyd.jpg

What I like about the Noctilux in both these photos is how it handles flare
and gives very smooth skin tones.  These men look much younger in these
pictures than they actually are.  In this boathouse where the pictures were
taken, it is dim with bright light coming in the windows.  This light from
the windows is very clear in the Boyd picture and does not seem to cause
any flare.  There is still good detail in the shadows.

I hope this post has not been too long.  I regret I do not have a nicely
formatted web page to display them on, but I will get around to that next
month.  I have been volunteered to do a presentation to our Photo Guild on
the creation of a web site in October.  I guess I had best start learning
it now.  Any suggestions on programs that facilitates the creation of a web
page?

You comments and criticisms on the pictures are appreciated.

Regards,

Robert