[LRflex] Re: PSTCRD: Manhattan, to Gershwin and Woody Allen
- From: LEICAFLEX <leicaflex@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 14:47:46 -0800
Hi Philippe and Tina,
I have been admiring Philippe's B&W - and now Tina's - of the Big Apple
Skyline ~ both of you lucked out on the clouds being there to start with!
I think "Manhattan, to Gershwin and Woody Allen", is a very appropriate
title to Philippe's oeuvre. His rendition has that old world feel, perhaps
part of that character comes from a cheap lens that made his million dollar
shot! Also that feeling comes from the foreground of shorter buildings
building up to a crescendo of Skyscrapers and leading the eyes to those
dreamy clouds.
OTOH, Tina's rendition is more in the league of architectural/fine art
genre. It is remarkably sharp by virtue of the Leica glass. The view
offers a different perspective - it is a different, more closed-in view of
the skyline compared to that from the Empire State, and for me it does not
impart any "Gershwin or Woody Allen", yet it still impresses by way of her
compositional balance and lighting (esp. color version). One cannot pick
the clouds on a particular day, yet it just so happens that I preferred the
puffy clouds in the "Gershwin" version, just a personal thing.
Congratulations to you both, you should be rightly proud - and thanks for
sharing!
Now maybe I will come back with some San Francisco Skyline shots one fine
day, not sure when..........
~ Eric Chan
On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Next time try the Rockefeller Center observation deck. That way you are
> shielded from the wind and cold!
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/118961859/original
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/118948808
> >
> > Tina ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:12 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Thanks David
> >
> > the lens is of no value, worth bout 100 USD on Ebay - but shot at 70 as
> the exif says - I had to increase ISO to get speed above what I thought was
> an acceptable limit though as it was shot from the top of the freezing
> windy top of the Empire State Building nearly against the light, and I had
> to brace myself against the railings to resist the wind - fingers were so
> cold I could feel where the shutter release was, you know they're different
> on Nikons, no relief. Well, all this doesn't show in the pix :-)
> > Of course I worked a lot on this neg, euh, this file, as the colour
> version didn't provide the 3D effect and the colours were dark and washed
> out.
> >
> > I may have sharpened it a bit too much though and will address the issue
> in the sky when I can.
> >
> > Thanks for viewing and commeting
> >
> > Amitiés from both of us, well Alice has already left again, for
> Manchester UK this time, to Rose and you.
> > Philippe
> >
> > Le 4 mars 13 à 01:13, David Young a écrit :
> >
> >> Philippe offered:
> >>
> >>> You might want to see this one large
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/NYC-
> >>> 2013/Gershwin+_amp_+Woody+Allen-2173.jpg.html
> >>
> >> Absolutely stunning! And, I'll bet it doesn't look as good, in colour!
> >>
> >> Which lens did you use? It must be reasonably long, to get the amount of
> >> compression in the shot. And, from where did you shoot?
> >>
> >> I am impressed! Well done!
> >>
> >> David.
> >>
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > www.tinamanley.com
>
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