Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What am I saying: I'd be two feet from the subjet! What I'd likely be doing, BTW, is not looking through the viewfinder, just thrusting the camera towards the action and snapping. Might that have been what you did? - -frank frank theriault wrote: > I too, like this one very much. I'm a sucker for action shots that actually > ~show~ action, though. I wonder, though, Sonny: > > I have a 19mm lens, and to fill the frame in that way, I'd have to be standing > about 4 feet from the subject. You took that with a 15mm CV? Were you > standing on the field? Wherever, weren't you worried that you and your camera > would end up under a pile of big sweaty players any second? > > Terrific, dynamic shot, though! > > cheers, > frank > > "Jorge M. Treviņo" wrote: > > > Sonny, > > > > I too like the shot very much. Why the prejudices? > > > > --Jorge. > > > > * * * * http://www.jorgemtrevino.com * * * * > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:06 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] demon player > > > > > Well, I like it, and hot on the heels of my last e_mail, shouldn't you > > > be getting more work like this onto a public forum like The Family of > > > Man 2 ;-) > > > On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 02:00 Australia/Melbourne, Sonny Carter > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I expect this one will get a mixed reaction. I shot with Fuji Velvia, > > > > late > > > > in the afternoon, Leica M6, CV 15mm at f4.5 and I suppose around > > > > 1/10th of > > > > a second. I am trying to overcome my predjudices regarding shots like > > > > this. > > > > Maybe a little "artful" tilt to the horizon? Demons won, by the way. > > > > > > > > http://www.sonc.com/demon_player2.htm > > > > > > > > Comments welcome. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Sonny Carter > > > > > > > > http://www.sonc.com > > > > Natchitoches, LA USA > > > > Oldest Continuous settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > > Alastair > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > "Hell is others" > -Jean Paul Sartre > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- "Hell is others" - -Jean Paul Sartre - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html