iShutterbug Posted September 10, 2009 Share #1 Posted September 10, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I fulfilled lifelong dream to visit Ferrari Museum in Maranello. These pictures were taken 29 August 2009 with Leica IIIg, 35 Cron Asph, handheld, Fuji Pro 160-S color negative film, drugstore develop and scan to CD, resized, smart sharpened slightly in PS4 to upload here, no other modification. I remember inside available light spotmetering at 1/30 and 1/15 at f/2.8 and f/4.0, trying for as much depth of field without shaking as I could. Thanks for sharing this with me! [ATTACH]161275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]161276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]161277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]161278[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]161279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]161280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]161281[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]161282[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]161283[/ATTACH] If you see this in your rear view mirror you'd better move over! [ATTACH]161284[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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iShutterbug Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share #2 Posted September 10, 2009 Well, I think this vintage Alfa Romeo was close to Enzo's heart... [ATTACH]161291[/ATTACH] Testa Rossa = "Red Head" [ATTACH]161292[/ATTACH] My heart is racing after all that! Joanie has a cappucino for me in the museum cafe. [ATTACH]161293[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted September 10, 2009 Share #3 Posted September 10, 2009 Absolutely splendid series from an absolutely splendid camera! I really could do without those huge horrid modern cars though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted September 10, 2009 Share #4 Posted September 10, 2009 Biggest problem with this thread is I am going to have nightmares where I am jsut about to drive one and I wake up:p:D Nice series. Awsome how much petrol you can strap to he sides of a car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iShutterbug Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted September 10, 2009 Thanks, guys, your comments are much appreciated. It's kind of hard to go from digital back to film where you have to wait until you get home and get them developed to see how/if they turned out--no second chances! The camera and lens were purchased on eBay and the camera was CLA'd by DAG. I shot 108 GB of digital Canon RAW + SJPEG (over 4000 pictures) on the trip but it is the seven rolls of Leica film that I shot that most impresses me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted September 11, 2009 Share #6 Posted September 11, 2009 Wonderful series. It looks like you have a real great find with the old workhourse. You have used it well. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
storybrown Posted September 11, 2009 Share #7 Posted September 11, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) thanks for posting the series! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iShutterbug Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share #8 Posted September 11, 2009 Thank you again for the nice comments. Coming from members of this forum I consider it high praise, though I know it is mainly in recognition and appreciation of the combination of the classic 50-year old camera and the up-to-date lens used. The pictures are admittedly but snapshots, though in my old photojournalistic style, nevertheless at the time I was acutely aware of the spectacle I was making with my exposure meter dangling, fiddling with the dials on my camera amid the throngs of youthful visitors shooting digital and cell phones in the museum (for whom I had to constantly wait until they thinned out and moved on to another exhibit for practically every one of my shots). But there was a method to my madness; I had something they didn't: a tool and a skill. My Sekonic L-558R exposure meter has both a [spot] reflected light meter--that all new cameras have--and an incident light meter measuring the light falling on the subject--which I don't think any camera or cell phone camera has to date. In this indoor setting lit by tungsten and outdoor light I didn't shoot unless I confirmed the exposure with the incident meter with the lumisphere and--while I had a number of blurry shots ruined by my shaking and too low shutter speed--nevertheless I did not have one shot that was under- or over-exposed. So I passed my own little test. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted September 12, 2009 Share #9 Posted September 12, 2009 Stunning colors,clarity and sharpness. Fantastic series. You have done well conveying Ferrari Red. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 13, 2009 Share #10 Posted September 13, 2009 Wow, that Alfa is just gorgeous! Perfect angle too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iShutterbug Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share #11 Posted September 14, 2009 Again, thanks very much for the photographically perspicacious comments. That Alfa--when I walked into that room I was first struck by that light, off-color of blue which I used at a kid when I made plastic models in the 1950s. Then I had to look twice to make sure it wasn't a Bugatti, as I remember similar coaches on its chassis. I know what you mean about "Ferrari red" but I saw two or three shades of red in the Ferrari Museum--on Ferraris sitting right next to each other. Now I am not exactly sure what "Ferrari red" is, but I wouldn't kick it out of the garage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubenkok Posted September 14, 2009 Share #12 Posted September 14, 2009 Hi, Stunning series, perfect for colors, composition and details You must be a great fan of the 1954 Ferrari 375 Plus kind regards Ruben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iShutterbug Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share #13 Posted September 14, 2009 Ruben, Thanks for the comment. You're quite right, there're too many duplications of it in the first series. I ran out of time to edit or I would have eliminated three pics and made it one series of ten shots. My fault, and it's too obvious to me now. And you're also right again, because that race car--that particular body style--is etched in my psyche from when I was very young and just getting interested in road racing. At that time I found school boring and sat in the back of the class sketching and drawing comic books, and when I drew a race car it was that one. I can still do a fairly good one, and there I was standing right in front of it and could touch it! My other biggie is the 250 Testa Rossa with the cutaway front fenders and the Museum said they had had one but it left two weeks previous to my visit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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