Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to everyone for the comments on this shot. Nope not digital, not Neopan. It's Kodak BW400CN, shot at 200. M6TTL, 35/1.4 ASPH. BW400CN can be really smooooooth, especially with a smidge of extra exposure. That's why I usually shoot it at 200 or 250 unless I really need 400. Several people mentioned that I should crop tighter. Another advised against it because I would lose depth. They were both right. I printed the photo last night, cropping so there was just a little space on either side of the elbows, but I left the vertical dimension alone. It does work better that way. Cropping any more in the vertical loses something. I've posted the tighter version now. There was a bit more space around the elbows in the version I posted yesterday. http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/80220013DrumHandsWeb.htm Interestingly, the image on the negative is quite a bit looser. I had a 35mm lens on the camera, and was about as close as I could get. I had the shot framed with the edges of two more conga drums, one on each side of the one shown. The picture seemed stronger without them, so I cropped them out. Just for fun, here's the original uncropped image, just reduced and sharpened a bit: http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/80220013origWeb.jpg --Peter At 11:02 PM 6/5/2006 -0700, Richard wrote: >I bet it's the E-1, lets see.. hmm... no EXIF data. Oh well. But no grain >either, so I am still betting on the E-1. > >At 01:40 AM 6/5/2006, Didier wrote: > > >Great shot, Peter, perfectly framed and exposed. Nice mid-grey tones. Fuji > >Neopan 400? > >Didier