Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 41 and 42

["Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>]

Nathan,

I didn't consider the flare as I took it to be part of the IR look! ;-)
Still a damn fine piece of picture taking... Flare? What steeeeeenking
flare? ;-)
ted
Ted Grant Photography Limited
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- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <belgiangator@yahoo.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 41 and 42


> Hi Ted,
>
> Many thanks for the comments and kind words. I do own
> two flashes, a Metz for my R8 and the little SF20 for
> my M6. But I rarely use them, I regard them as
> emergency devices exactly for the reasons you mention.
>
> As for the IR landscape, I agree with your comment. In
> fact, I took 3-4 shots of the scene, and on a couple
> of them the composition is exactly as you suggest. But
> I chose this particular one because the sky is not
> completely blown out and the flare is not too bad,
> considering that I used a filter (Heliopan 695).
>
> Nathan
>  --- Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com> wrote: >
> > Hi Nathan:
> > The main picture is another excellent moment in
> > making good use of what
> > Leica camera's and lens do best.... '"if you can see
> > it, you can shoot it!"
> > By using the available existing light you retain
> > naturalness of the moment
> > and the look of the location.
> >
> > Not to forget, you don't give yourself away with a
> > "blinking flashing
> > twinkie light every few minutes!" ;-)  And without
> > this, the children go
> > about doing their thing without becoming "camera
> > conscious" and the parents
> > attention taken away from the event looking around
> > to see who's taking
> > pictures.... which at any event is a big pain in the
> > butt.Certainly when a
> > Leica user doesn't have the guts to shoot wide open
> > with a slow shutter
> > speed.
> >
> > The alternates:
> > >>>>> For week 42 I have a couple of infrared
> > pictures. The main picture is
> > of
> > > a vineyard near my house. The wine they make here
> > around Lake Zurich is
> > > actually not worth drinking (except in
> > emergencies) but the vineyard
> > > looks pretty:
> > >
> > > http://www.wajsman.com/42.jpg
> > >
> > > The alternate is another infrared picture, taken
> > near Glarus, about 50km
> > > south of Zurich:
> > >
> > > http://www.wajsman.com/42alt1.jpg<<<<
> >
> > The infrared vineyard is very well executed with a
> > different look and nicely
> > composted  Very well done as this is the kind of
> > scene and look which
> > encourages others to give infrared a try.
> >
> > The roadway and field...
> > My nit picking comment! I think the composition
> > could be improved if you'd
> > turned slightly to the right (as we are looking at
> > the scene) moving the
> > road slightly to the left and taking it away from
> > the "near centre line" of
> > the frame.
> >
> > Or cropping a very small area on the left will
> > accomplish the same thing.
> > But like I say, these are minor details of perceived
> > improvement, of course
> > subjective as I see it on the screen.
> >
> > good ones Nathan.
> > ted
> >
> > Ted Grant Photography Limited
> > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
> >
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