dkCambridgeshire Posted October 24, 2024 Share #1 Posted October 24, 2024 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Yesterday, two charming Austrian lady school teachers (pic 1, back row, far left) asked me to take photos of their students and teachers group as a memento of their Stamford Lincs. UK visit. They're pictured on Red Lion Square Stamford in front of All Saints Church. I used, "... the lens and camera I had with me at the time ..." – in this case, a Leica CL APS-C digital compact fitted with a 50 years young, manual focus, Canon FD 50mm f3.5 macro lens. There was not time to switch lenses – so I walked back a few steps until the whole group was in the frame. The group is happy with the photos. BW, dunk Edited October 24, 2024 by dkCambridgeshire 6 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Yesterday, two charming Austrian lady school teachers (pic 1, back row, far left) asked me to take photos of their students and teachers group as a memento of their Stamford Lincs. UK visit. They're pictured on Red Lion Square Stamford in front of All Saints Church. I used, "... the lens and camera I had with me at the time ..." – in this case, a Leica CL APS-C digital compact fitted with a 50 years young, manual focus, Canon FD 50mm f3.5 macro lens. There was not time to switch lenses – so I walked back a few steps until the whole group was in the frame. The group is happy with the photos. BW, dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/414371-austrian-school-group-visiting-stamford-lincs-uk/?do=findComment&comment=5671708'>More sharing options...
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fotografr Posted October 24, 2024 Share #2 Posted October 24, 2024 (edited) The first shot is great. Everyone looking at you, all eyes open, nice expressions. In the second shot, somebody else got their attention. The first image is so much better that it makes me wonder why the second one was posted. Edited October 24, 2024 by fotografr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted October 24, 2024 Share #3 Posted October 24, 2024 vor 6 Stunden schrieb dkCambridgeshire: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Yesterday, two charming Austrian lady school teachers (pic 1, back row, far left) asked me to take photos of their students and teachers group as a memento of their Stamford Lincs. And "back row, far right". 🤭 I agree with member fotografr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelatino Posted October 24, 2024 Share #4 Posted October 24, 2024 (edited) The first is much more what one waits for a photo of class, but on the left, some students are OOF, whereas on the second picture all are in focus, except those who are hidden ( girl second raw and two boys back row) . Pity they don't watch the litlle bird coming out . And where is the teacher? Edited October 24, 2024 by Gelatino Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 24, 2024 Share #5 Posted October 24, 2024 I agree. Perhaps some local sharpening can make #1 perfect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted October 24, 2024 Author Share #6 Posted October 24, 2024 (edited) Aware pics not perfectly sharp but they serve their purpose and the teachers are happy with them. The second pic was actually the first photo taken by me – when the teacher was photographing the group with her smart phone and they were looking at her – whilst I was trying to find a suitable camera position for my very hastily grabbed camera and lens. My camera was not optimally set up. There is a lot more to this 'exercise' than is conveyed in the first two photos posted, e.g., the teacher's smart phone pix and her semi-selfie of me and two teachers - not eligible for forum posting. Here is another taken by me which conveys some of the students' "enjoyment and happiness" ... even from the young lady who 'blinked'. Photos do not have to be: "Leica clinically perfect" !! 😃 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! BW, dunk Edited October 24, 2024 by dkCambridgeshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! BW, dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/414371-austrian-school-group-visiting-stamford-lincs-uk/?do=findComment&comment=5672298'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted October 24, 2024 Author Share #7 Posted October 24, 2024 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) However, taking criticisms on board, here's a sharpened pic. No 1: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! BW, dunk PS: Note to self: Must not post pix after midnight without very careful scrutiny 🤣!! Edited October 24, 2024 by dkCambridgeshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! BW, dunk PS: Note to self: Must not post pix after midnight without very careful scrutiny 🤣!! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/414371-austrian-school-group-visiting-stamford-lincs-uk/?do=findComment&comment=5672300'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted October 24, 2024 Author Share #8 Posted October 24, 2024 (edited) And a sharpened pic No. 2 i.e., students looking towards their teacher ... which should have been the first image posted: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! BW, dunk Edited October 24, 2024 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! BW, dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/414371-austrian-school-group-visiting-stamford-lincs-uk/?do=findComment&comment=5672372'>More sharing options...
jimofnyc Posted October 24, 2024 Share #9 Posted October 24, 2024 I feel sorry for the girl behind the center person of the first row, she's obscured in both photos. I apprciate the dificulty of getting the shot with everyone's eyes open. People just know when you are going to push the exposure button and flinch at that instant. My strategy has been to tell everyone that I was going to make the picture on the count of three and then actually push the button on the count of 1 or 2... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedaes Posted October 24, 2024 Share #10 Posted October 24, 2024 Well done Dunk! They will have a much better record than from Miss’s ‘phone. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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