Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, a beanbag sounds like the thing. Good for cushioning on the subway too. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Elbow's braced on stone fence. > 1/15 s at f/1.4 with the 28mm 1.4 lens. @ iso 6400 > To the naked eye only 20 percent of this was visible. > 80 percent of it presented itself to me for the first time when I saw the > back of the monitor on the camera. A D700. Only slightly more when I saw it > on the big screen here in Bridge and Photoshop. A whole lot of information, > unexpected. Color wise none of that was there. The scene appeared near > monochromatic. I'm getting color casts from various near invisible ambient > sky light pollution. Perhaps some from Reciprocity failure but I don't > know. > > I decided this was a gold mine and to go about to lap the entire Central > park most of it with a similar stone fence of the same height around it. I > was going to get a very small tripod to put on top of it; though bigger > than > what's normally called a tabletop tripod I thought. > But today I've been thinking about running over to B&H and just trying out > a > Beanbag. They can be quite light I think. > Maybe I can use it for a pillow on the subway. > It could be the right tool for the right job or visa versa. > > But with the beanbag I'm going to not shoot at iso 6400 but 500. > And shoot at f8. And use quite prolonged shutter speeds. With lens delay or > I'd have to get a cable release. > I just may have hit it. > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > > > > From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:42:24 -0800 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leap Night II > > > > THIS one is a nice use of flash and aavilable light > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/120229_001801.jpg.html > > > > You don't use a tripod right? Nicely balance > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> Starting with 120229_000007 > >> 2/29/12, 12:00:07 AM > >> USS Maine Monument, Central Park, NY > >> 28.0 mm f/1.4D Nikkor > >> > >> And ending 7 shots later at > >> 120229_002426 > >> 2/29/12, 12:24:26 AM > >> Central Park, NY > >> 28.0 mm f/1.4D Nikkor > >> > >> I managed to capture the thrill and excitement of Leap Night in Central > >> Park > >> just after midnight. > >> Most of what I shot was unseen by the naked eye. > >> They are like surveillance footage. > >> See you in four years! > >> Oh here's the URL: > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > >> > >> Mark R. > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>