[LRflex] Re: leicareflex Digest V4 #208
- From: KEITH LONGMORE <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:55:28 +0100
Ted and Steve
It's very easy to criticise what others have done, when one is just an
armchair photographer, isn't it! The operative words being 'have
done'. I suspect that we all do it, to some extent. I have about 2000
slides of 'stately homes', shot mostly around 40 years ago using my
Pentax S1, manual lenses, Weston Master V, and virtually nothing else
(interiors and exteriors). I used to hand hold exposures up to 1
second; sometimes excellent results, sometimes just couldn't do it
right. Whatever the rights and wrongs of such photography, I got out
there and did it; anyone who wishes to criticise the end result had
better get out there and prove themselves better than I am at it! (And
I bet few would take up the challenge!!) Now, those photographs are a
historical record; some of the houses no longer exist; some suffered
fires or robberies of important artifacts, some are no longer open to
the public. Those must have a value that transcends only technical
perfection, surely? Oh - and we didn't have Photoshop to help us in
those days! ;-)
Steve, the dawn shot is impressive. (But maybe not quite as impressive
as the scowl on the young lady's face!!! I presume that she isn't an
early bird person...? :-D I can't help wondering what she was
thinking when she saw the photograph!) But 1 question. Early morning
light is great for atmosphere, etc., but I wonder - if you had said this
was a sunset, would anyone have thought differently? Maybe if you had
waited a little longer, and got some long shadows? Just a thought....
Keep on clickin'
Keith
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