Jim,
That kind of light is easy, I can get a good scan or print of that with my
eyes closed. LOL I detest light that is as harsh as what you see in those
photos, though the only truly bad ones are the two of the little girl
sitting on the ground and the one of the girl playing a flute. The light was
much harsher in those. The girl on the ground was in shade that metered at
1/125 at f4, while the bright background came in at f22. That's just too big
a brightness range to maintain no matter how good your technique.
--
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 10:30 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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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