[LRflex] Re: PAW-1 : Visist Jordan!
- From: Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:23:08 +0200
Hi Ted and Billie again :-)
I quite agree with Ted saying shoot from different angles; unfortunately
the limits are bucks, load, and sometimes time.
When in India, I was always short on film (so much to discover) and
batteries (Contax was ruined by the dampness and batteries were nowhere
to be found, except from other tourists... at the time), and though I
went three times to the Taj Mahal (evening, dawn and noon) to try my
best luck on the site. Well, in truth, I should go again as none of the
pixes I took does fully satisfy me today.
Sometimes you simply don't have time to, or money, or opportunity, this
is precisely when Ted's (and the list's) advice is so precious.
Indeed, we can learn to avoid traps and improve through shared mistakes,
thanks to more advanced photographers.
I also think that scanning the slides can bring them back to a new life,
as you can edit them with Photoshop or other pieces of software (I did a
gross and sloppy job on Xavier's slides I know, but that was part of the
game); just as we used to improve a neg in the B&W lab years from now.
Trial and errort is our lot - Leica is less error prone than others (
;-) ), and we got to be up to the gear.
I am not ashamed (yet) of posting not so good stuff as David, Doug(s)
and others'. I'm also on this list to learn from you all. So I'd like to
know how Doug manages to shoot birds in flight with such sharpness using
a manual lense. I want to know how patient David is with his birds. I
want to know to the tricks. I'm soon fifty and still feel like a
beginner for sure.
Thanks to everyone in retroaction and in anticipation for your precious
help.
Phileicangénieux.
Ted Grant wrote:
>Bille Xavier F. showed:
>Subject: [LRflex] Re: PAW-1 : Visist Jordan!
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>>Well, I have not thought of this actually!
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>>In fact I wanted a small DOF, just enough to attract the attention on this
>>big and strange hand.<<<<
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>Bille,
>I agree in the shot you made as it looks good. I only wondered if you tried
>a shot for greater depth only to see what it might look like after
>processing.
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>I do like the feel of the hand because it must be massive, or it certainly
>looks that way in the photo.
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>When we know it's not likely we'll return to a location again, or not for a
>long time, I try to make every effort for as many different angles I can. In
>this way it gives you options for sale later. Or if one shoots only one shot
>or two without change and it doesn't look good on the screen or light table
>later when one arrives home. Then you do not have any options.
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>I've always said.... " film is cheap shoot lots?" Now with digital it allows
>one to shoot many different angles and depth of fields without extra cost.
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>ted
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