[LRflex] Re: Morning light in Pisa with Leica glass

Excellent set Eric =21 =


Which also makes one dream of having a couple of days to spend over there,=
 along with Firenze - but we have plans to do so Douglas, don't we?

Thanks again Eric for this apetizer, main course, coffee and grappa.

Phil...x


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>Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 00:59:10 +0200
>De: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp=40gmx.de>
>A:  leicareflex=40freelists.org
>Sujet: =5BLRflex=5D Re: Morning light in Pisa with Leica glass
>
>Takes me back a couple of years, I'll never forget the light in Pisa at =

>7.00 in the morning at the end of March. Nobody on the streets, cool, =

>fresh air, a long walk and back to my hotel for some of the best coffee =

>I ever tasted. A nice walk around town , up from the river, past the old =

>university Palazzo, up to the famous tower and the cathedral and back =

>along the city wall to the river - great place=21 And great pictures.
>Cheers
>Douglas
>
>Ted Grant wrote:
>> Eric Chan said and posted photos:
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>> =21  I wish that there was more artistry in these shots - but I'm loo=
king
>>>>       =

>> forward to hearing some critiques all the same.<<<
>>
>>  =

>>
>> Eric mon ami,
>>
>> When you produce images of this quality using light....=22NEVER EVER MA=
KE
>> APOLOGIZES=21=22
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>>> So it is time to share photos taken on March 14 at dawn in Pisa;  I
>>>>>         =

>>
>> felt a bit half-dead from jet-lag, but couldn't sleep so I reached for
>>
>> the Hexar RF and climbed onto the hotel roof around 5:50AM to get
>>
>> these shots with Leica glass:<<<
>>
>>  =

>>
>> Half the people on this list should be so fortunate to be under the
>> influence of jet-lag and come up with photographs as well as these.
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/MoonSetting=5FDawn=5F=
web.jpg.h
>>>>       =

>> tml
>>
>> (Sorry about the graininess.....maybe I will re-scan this and try again=
)>>>
>>
>>  =

>>
>> The sun hasn't even come up yet and you are standing on the roof of the
>> hotel under the influence of jet lag producing a mood picture like this=
 and
>> you apologize about what we see here as non-existing grain? Hell man it=
's
>> beautiful=21 Don't make negative comments about good photography. And i=
f
>> someone should mention =22grain?=22  Tell them to stick in their ear an=
d meet
>> you on the roof, same time, same travel conditions and see how well the=
y do=21
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Rooftop35ac=5Fweb.jp=
g.html
>>>>>         =

>>
>> (the sun hadn't risen yet hence the colors are soft and with little
>> contrast)<<<
>>
>>  =

>>
>> Not much to say but.... =22Good on you=21=22
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Tower1=5Fweb.jpg.htm=
l
>>>>>         =

>>
>> (Tele-elmarit showing good resolution here)<<<<
>>
>>  =

>>
>> I suppose the =22good resolution=22 means something to some folks, howe=
ver not
>> me=21 As I'm looking at the =22quality of the photograph and to hell wi=
th the
>> resolution.=22 Simply because most times the human eye can't see it any=
way=21
>> Quite frankly the image is quite good regardless of any concern of
>> resolution.
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>> . http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Tower2=5Fweb.jpg.ht=
ml
>>>>       =

>>
>> (.....and Tri-Elmar at ground level later on that same morning)<<<<<
>>
>>  =

>>
>> And the light begins to create a magical image, not the best yet, but
>> beginning as the sun rises higher in the sky.
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Cherubs=5Famp=5FTow=
er.jpg.ht
>>>>>>           =

>> ml<<<<
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Cherubs.jpg.html
>>>>>>           =

>>
>> (closer to the cherubs statue - f4 on the Tri-Elmar doesn't blur the
>>
>> background enough for me)<<<<<<<<,
>>
>>  =

>>
>> The blurring background in either of these is hardly a problem, however=
 to
>> each his own about their own photography. I much prefer the tighter pho=
to,
>> not that there's anything wrong with the first. It's simply because the
>> light, as in =22SHOOTING FROM THE SHADOW SIDE=22 creates a more powerfu=
l image
>> in making great use of the light bringing out the details in the second=
 so
>> well.
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>>>> ://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/PisaCampo.jpg.html
>>>>>>           =

>>
>> (stepping back across the street and pressing my back to the wall
>>
>> allowed me to use the window awnings as a frame for this 8AM view of
>>
>> the Pisa Tower campus; Tri-ELmar =40 28mm)<<<<
>>
>>  =

>>
>> An interesting photo of the post card type, but at least you made good =
use
>> of the awning in creating a framing effect.
>>
>>  =

>>
>>   =

>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Battistero.jpg.html
>>>>>         =

>>
>> (I was quite surprised how much compression effect the Tele-Elmarit
>>
>> affords even at 90mm)<<<<
>>
>>  =

>>
>> Bottom-line? It's another very fine photograph that balances well. Good=
 on
>> you.
>>
>>  =

>>
>> An excellent job of milking a location for a solid set of photographs w=
hile
>> everyone else was still in bed. Well done=21 Good on you=21
>>
>>  =

>>
>> ted
>>
>>
>>
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