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[erudolph]

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all with 28-90 vario-elmarit-r asph

 

in and around the small town of Jenner, California, population slightly more than 100, at the mouth of the Russian River

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bobitybob]

This road is called 'The Struggle" and links the top of the Kirkstone Pass to Ambleside in the English Lake District...

 

 

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Leica SL, Vario Elmar-R 21-35

[ramarren]

At the cafe yesterday morning... 

 

Leica SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm 

ISO 400 @ f/3.7 @ 1/100 @ 56mm

 

enjoy!

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This road is called 'The Struggle" and links the top of the Kirkstone Pass to Ambleside in the English Lake District...

 

 

LEICA SL-1000242.jpg

 

 

Leica SL, Vario Elmar-R 21-35

 

Looks like a 'Clarkson' road.......

[steppenw0lf]

This road is called 'The Struggle" and links the top of the Kirkstone Pass to Ambleside in the English Lake District...

 

 

LEICA SL-1000242.jpg

 

 

Leica SL, Vario Elmar-R 21-35

 

Probably high contrast between the sky and the shadows. Is this taken in the middle of the day ?

In another forum somebody complained about problems with the "jpg conversion" parameters in situations with too much light and contrast. And I have the impression that the blue in the sky is here also a bit "artificial", don't you think ? So this could be related to the same problem.

I have often been in ireland on holidays, so I have many years of impressions how a natural sky looks in the british isles.

So I like the subject (and your foto), but I feel uneasy with some of the colors.

 

Stephan

Edited March 19, 2016 by steppenw0lf

[steppenw0lf]

 

At the cafe yesterday morning... 

 

Leica SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm 

ISO 400 @ f/3.7 @ 1/100 @ 56mm

 

 

enjoy!

 

 

Hello Godfrey,

can you give me a hint ? You showed here already several memorable breakfast shots. So do you ask these people about permission ? Or are they too tired to notice your camera ? Even early in the morning this is not likely with the 24-90. Well, probably the children did not notice it.

I am usually not able to make fotos unnoticed, maybe I just look too tired early in the morning.

Any hint how I could do better ?

Thanks    Stephan

[ramarren]

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Hello Godfrey,

can you give me a hint ? You showed here already several memorable breakfast shots. So do you ask these people about permission ? Or are they too tired to notice your camera ? Even early in the morning this is not likely with the 24-90. Well, probably the children did not notice it.

I am usually not able to make fotos unnoticed, maybe I just look too tired early in the morning.

Any hint how I could do better ?

Thanks    Stephan

 

 

Hello Stephan, 

 

Thanks for the compliment! 

 

In the vast majority of cases, most people have not noticed that I took a photo with these sorts of candids. I know this because if the capture in-camera is really good (that is, doesn't need a bit of post-processing to bring it out) and the person seems open to a little conversation, I have often sat with them for a few minutes afterwards to get to know them and show them the photos I've made. Most are taken by surprise, even if I was sitting five feet away with a big camera, and say they never saw or heard it make an exposure. (Most also like the photos, to my delight, and I've made many a print or sent many a digital copy to the subject.  )

 

Years of doing this and I've learned that being unobtrusive is not the same thing as being covert. Covert is harder because you tend to telegraph that you're hiding something until you get really good at it. Unobtrusive means just going about your business and not drawing attention to yourself, keeping your motions economical, acting professionally and without drama, etc. Our eyes and mind are wired to pick up disturbances in the flow of things—avoid making disturbances and you can do a lot without anyone noticing. 

 

And then there's also being forthright and professional. You see someone or something interesting ... If it's a child and the parent is nearby, turn to the parent and ask if it's all right to make a photo (a little compliment never hurts ...) and/or immediately offer to share it with them. Sending by email is great because they have your contact info, which tends to reinforce the fact that you're not a pervert. For the situation with the two boys, Mom had gone to the counter when I saw their expressions and snapped the photo. When Mom returned, I approached her and showed her the photo, sent her a copy right on the spot. Now she knows me, and when she sees me at the cafe I have "permission" to take photos of the boys if I just give her the courtesy of smiling a hello across the room, or saying "good morning!" 

 

How you present yourself is very important in this kind of photography. I've only had one or two people take offense and intimate that I was intruding on their space in the past several years. Apologizing, and putting the camera away (temporarily) almost always mollifies those cases. In fact, in a couple of those situations, I pulled the camera out again to photograph some other people coming in to sit down, the person who didn't want me to shoot them gets curious, I show them the photos on the iPad mini. Next thing I know I have four-five people posing for me and we all have a bit of breakfast together. 

 

It's a dynamic thing; I like doing this variant of "street" work because of the relationships that might develop. One time a few years back, I hung out at a particular cafe almost every other day for several years. Most of the regulars knew me, I documented them with their very young kids growing up, and when I did my "Ways Together" book (http://www.blurb.com/b/3339394-ways-together) I gave a few copies away. For that, many ordered additional copies and gave them to their friends ... 

 

It isn't easy, it takes work, but there are rewards. 

Edited March 19, 2016 by ramarren

[Bobitybob]

Probably high contrast between the sky and the shadows. Is this taken in the middle of the day ?

In another forum somebody complained about problems with the "jpg conversion" parameters in situations with too much light and contrast. And I have the impression that the blue in the sky is here also a bit "artificial", don't you think ? So this could be related to the same problem.

I have often been in ireland on holidays, so I have many years of impressions how a natural sky looks in the british isles.

So I like the subject (and your foto), but I feel uneasy with some of the colors.

 

Stephan

 

The image was captured at 13:11 and unusually for the Lakes in February it was a very bright sunny day. I'm not sure what others think, but I've found the R 21-35 to be a contrasty lens particullarly when used near the sun and has played havoc for me on a few occasions when used with film.  I don't use JPG prefering RAW files, obviously when exported it was converted to a sRGB JPG file for uploading to the forum.  By way of contrast here's another image I took about 10 minutes later with the T 18-56, not sure if the colours are any different

 

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Either way, I'm glad you like the image and thanks for your comments I'll keep a close eye out for future potential colour shifts on very bright days and perhaps tone them down.

Edited March 19, 2016 by Bobitybob

[pipatree]

SL + Tele-Elmar 135mm f/4

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[kaisernchen]

shot in Bangkok, as one of my collection of "Summer never leaves Thailand", shot with SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90/2.8-4 ASPH, at 60mm, f/9, 1/60s, ISO 50 (leave it on ISO Auto)

The SL autofocus system is fast but not very intelligent, often needs to switch the focus mode - which is not the most efficient things to do, but in production situation the autofocus is a lot more convenient than otherwise.  Overall a capable system, albeit very limited lens so far. 

 

 

B/K

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[Suteetat]

 

SL with 24-90/4 @ 29mm, f7.1, 1/3200, iso50

 

Hi, just found this forum here. I have been using SL for several months now and absolutely love it. I have been shooting Nikon and Sony for quite awhile and have been using Leica lenses with Sony A7r, A7r ii quite a bit but was never warmed to rangefinder otherwise. SL is exactly what I want in a Leica

Edited March 21, 2016 by Suteetat

[G. van Asch]

beautiful picture, wish I could take one like that with my SL

[thighslapper]

this afternoon ..... 24-90 with marumi macro lens 

 

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[ramarren]

From my Saturday morning walk: 

 

Leica SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm f/2.8-4 ASPH

ISO 200 @ f/3.9 @ 1/160 sec @ 82mm

 

Leica SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm f/2.8-4 ASPH

ISO 400 @ f/3.9 @ 1/640 @ 82mm

 

 

enjoy! 

Edited March 22, 2016 by ramarren

[Bobitybob]

Nice place to live...

 

 

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SL, Vario Elmar-T 18-56

[kaisernchen]

shot in Hualampong Train Station, Bangkok.

Leica SL + Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90/2.8-4 ASPH, at 48mm, f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 100

 

B/K

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SL+75LuxM.

 

 

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[steppenw0lf]

SL + Tele-Elmar 135mm f/4

 

Hi,

whenever I see a foto made with one of the M 135 (no matter if Elmar, Tele-Elmar or Apo) I think to myself how wonderful and full of detail the rendering of these lenses is. Of course it was you who took the foto, not the lens by itself. So I really like it, despite the bad weather conditions. (is this smog or fog and rain ?)

Is there a possibility to get the foto in full resolution or higher resolution than here ? 

Stephan

Edited March 23, 2016 by steppenw0lf

[pipatree]

Hi,

whenever I see a foto made with one of the M 135 (no matter if Elmar, Tele-Elmar or Apo) I think to myself how wonderful and full of detail the rendering of these lenses is. Of course it was you who took the foto, not the lens by itself. So I really like it, despite the bad weather conditions. (is this smog or fog and rain ?)

Is there a possibility to get the foto in full resolution or higher resolution than here ? 

Stephan

Hi Stephan:

The Tele-Elmar 135/4 is really an excellent legacy lens, and both resolution and color rendering are the strength of this lens. It is also versatile owing to its Visoflex design, therefore can be applied to Macro photographing as well. 

The weather is with fog in this time of year in Hong Kong. I can send you the bigger file for your reference if you let me have your email info.

Cheers!

Felix

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[pipatree]

SL + Elmarit-M 21mm/f2.8 ASPH

"Hercules and Omphale" ca. early 1620's

by Studio of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

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