R: [Leica] Noctilux King of the Night

["guido ridoli" <guirid@numerica.it>]

this is the real spirit of darkness.

Bravo!

        Guido Ridoli
LEICA M SUPERFAN
  guirid@numerica.it


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