Hi Chris,
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, bright days can be a problem.
Here is what I used to strive for when shooting film with a Leica IIIf and
Summitar. It was inside a hangar, but light from the front door was flat.
The concrete floor is awful, but the glider detail is nice.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Motor_Glider_01.jpg.html
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Somebody is holding out on us
> Jim,
>
> The contrast is due to the lighting. It was an extremely harsh sunny day
> and
> many of the things I shot were backlit or were in the shade with bright
> sunlit areas in the background. I also as a rule like my images to have
> some
> contrast. 99% of the black and white photos I see online look like muddy
> crap to me because people scan their negs and accept the flat muddy file
> that comes out of a film scanner by default. YUCK. My scans from film look
> the same as the darkroom prints I made in the old pre-allergy days.
>
> I did shoot another roll the next day, which was a cloudy, overcast day.
> They will be lower in contrast because of the flatter light. I actually
> developed the sunny day roll (N-1) and they are still contrasty, the light
> was just horrid. I much prefer cloudy days, as my website shows. I rarely
> shoot on sunny days.
>
>
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> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 260-424-0897
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
>
> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
>
>
>
> On 9/23/09 6:02 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Glad to see you broaden your horizons and try the Leica equipment. I
>> like
>> the content of your photos. As an observation, the images seem to have
>> more
>> contrast that I feel necessary. Was that by design, to achieve a
>> specific
>> "look" that you wanted?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Somebody is holding out on us
>>
>>
>>> I'm the holdout! I got an awesome deal on an M4 body, and I had a little
>>> extra money this month thanks to a couple of good sales from my website,
>>> so
>>> I took the plunge. I had my Bessa R2, which got me interested in
>>> rangefinder
>>> work, but I had trouble focusing fast lenses up close due to the short
>>> RF
>>> baselength. Our friend Dr. T is the new owner of my Bessa, which I sold
>>> to
>>> help pay for the Leica. I did some 'street photography' at the Johnny
>>> Appleseed Festival here in Ft. Wayne over the weekend. The festival is
>>> held
>>> every year in September to honor John Chapman, the legendary pioneer who
>>> planted apples across the midwest in the early 19th century. He died in
>>> Fort
>>> Wayne and is buried here. The land surrounding his grave is now a city
>>> park,
>>> and the festival is held there.
>>>
>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/family-snapshots/leica/
>>>
>>> Check out the pics. All shot with a 50mm Summicron.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris Crawford
>>> Fine Art Photography
>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>>> 260-424-0897
>>>
>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
>>>
>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/22/09 9:44 AM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is a newly acquired M4 amongst us. Would the guilty party please
>>>> stand up?
>>>>
>>>> AG
>>>
>>>
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