Jamie Roberts Posted December 6, 2006 Share #1 Posted December 6, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Snapshot last night... decorated train comes to town here every year this time. Lots of tungsten and coloured lights. M8/ISO 1250/35 lux ASPH f1.4 @ 1/22s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 6, 2006 Posted December 6, 2006 Hi Jamie Roberts, Take a look here Christmas train night shot. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
martinop Posted December 6, 2006 Share #2 Posted December 6, 2006 Nice scene. Like the overall night lighting and specifically, the background lighting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 6, 2006 Share #3 Posted December 6, 2006 Jamie - A delightful scene, especially how you've captured the woman's expression and the light and focus on her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHAG Posted December 6, 2006 Share #4 Posted December 6, 2006 Nice echoes in red from the neon light to the hairs and lips of your wife and kids Non unwelcomed cast on their lovely faces Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter41951 Posted December 6, 2006 Share #5 Posted December 6, 2006 Lovely shot! Thank you. (And did you use the chrome profile?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share #6 Posted December 7, 2006 Thanks for the kind words, everyone! It was really very dark, but it was so relatively easy to focus the rangefinder wide open that I was delighted to get it! It was a quick couple of shots too--the main illumination was a tungsten bulb way up on the train, which was blinking to boot! So it's an example of how quickly you can compose / focus / shoot with an M8. There's no post processing in the shot at all either... no noise reduction or anything of the sort beyond C1 itself. And yes, I used that C1 "chrome" profile I'm still working on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHAG Posted December 7, 2006 Share #7 Posted December 7, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks for the kind words, everyone! So it's an example of how quickly you can compose / focus / shoot with an M8. There's no post processing in the shot at all either... no noise reduction or anything of the sort beyond C1 itself. Real nice work. But [mantra] I will wait, I will wait, till the M9. Repeat after me : I will wait… etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
comapedrosa Posted December 8, 2006 Share #8 Posted December 8, 2006 Jamie, Very nice light, focus and composition! The shot shows foremost the talent of the photographer, but as you mentioned, it seems to also illustrate the qualities of the M8: good night photography, rangefinder focusing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted December 8, 2006 Share #9 Posted December 8, 2006 Lovely expressions in a difficult situation. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted December 8, 2006 Share #10 Posted December 8, 2006 Great shot, Leica moment Jamie. Thanks for sharing. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topoxforddoc Posted December 8, 2006 Share #11 Posted December 8, 2006 Jamie, lovely shot. she's not your wife, is she? no sign of funny colour casts - looks great. thanks for sharing Best wishes, Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmsr Posted December 9, 2006 Share #12 Posted December 9, 2006 Jamie, Great capture with nice composition and just awesome lighting/expression on the woman's face. Thanks for sharing. Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted December 9, 2006 Author Share #13 Posted December 9, 2006 Thanks to everyone, again, for all the kind comments. The rangefinder was a joy to focus, and as I said before, it's backlit (a lot) and pretty dark! I honestly don't think an AF SLR could have done it as quickly wide open @ 35mm given those conditions. For the curious (the funny things we disclose on the 'net), yes, that is my (recently ex, alas) wife and son; I've posted DMR shots of him before here too. I was meeting up with her and she hadn't seen me yet--it really is a snapshot. She's older than she looks here (and she never looks anything nearly like her 40 years), but that's part of my job, too ' The important part is that the lighting turned out very good with the M8, but she certainly makes the most of the light, too, IMO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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