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Subject: [Leica] "Sharpness is a Bourgeois concept"
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:29:58 +0100
References: <CF43DBEE.1986F%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Yes Mark, this was my case too, the magic moment appears and the camera was 
not ready, on such cases I prefer catch the moment, as you

Cheers
Lluis

El 11/03/2014, a las 02:15, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> escribi?:

> The last shot I posted to the LUG last Friday a flower was not in focus
> where I wanted it to be and I had no time to shoot more or stop down and 
> had
> I been stopped down in the first place I'd have nailed it far more to my
> liking I was experimenting with a manual focus lens which I was less
> familiar with and was not prepared. Did not have my camera and lens set up
> right.
> Very rare I'm  happy about missing my focus or another other glaring
> examples of bad technique all of which are inexcusable but happen.
> There are only a couple of examples of well known HCB shots in which his
> focus could have been better. He shot fast enough where he didn't need to 
> in
> generally accept such shots there were other takes on the roll. Yet there
> are times when the magic moment happens when the camera is focusing over
> your subjects shoulder and its worth it being a bit soft or off.
> 
> Some of the red berries are sharp and a part of his sleeve.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/fridayflowers/131019_202344.jpg.h
> tml
> 
> Or
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/ob4bhru
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/10/14 7:41 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
>> I agree.
>> 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> 
>> On 3/10/2014 6:11 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>> Thanks for commenting Jim, I saw the expression of that dame and I don?t 
>>> had
>>> the time to focus, but I like her expression?
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Lluis
>>> 
>>> 
>>> El 10/03/2014, a las 23:55, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>>> escribi?:
>>> 
>>>> Interesting.  This looks more like a 1930s box camera image than one 
>>>> from a
>>>> modern Leica.  It can't be motion, at 1/1000 sec, so it must be that the
>>>> focus is behind her.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> 
>>>> On 3/10/2014 5:25 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>>>> If you are agree with this sentence from HCB you can take a look to the
>>>>> picture
>>>>> 
>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/20140205_L1038596w.jpg.h
>>>>> tml>
>>>>> Leica M9, Summicron Rigid
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>>> lluis
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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