Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/03
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>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=792302
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>This was shot with TMax 400 pushed to 800, M6 with 35/1.4 at 1/4
>second. Everyone in the photo, including the chicken, has moved
>enough at 1/4 second to blur except the toddler in the center who is
>daydreaming and holding still. A tripod would not have helped with
>this low light photo because it is the people who are moving, not
>the photographer. Medium format would have been impossible in this
>light.
Tina,
The only problem with this shot is the shutter speed was probably too
fast!! With more blur, the image of the little girl would have been
even more dramatic. I have a desire to take an audience at the
theatre all rising to leave, with one person still in the centre; I
hope to do this for a FOM2 shot, but of course I need to be in the
correct position at the end of the applause, and probably plant a
"frozen" sitter ;-)
I often take street shots with the Hasselblad and 2 ND filters to
achieve a 1920 effect with the cars and passers by, but again, I've
not done enough of them to claim any expertise. Here a tripod is
certainly needed.
As for medium format in the above situation, the blad F lenes are
down to f2. With Tmax 3200 "something" could be done -- mind you the
chook would probably fly off in fear of the mirror slap ;-)
Cheers
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Alastair Firkin
http://www.afirkin.com
http://www.familyofman2.com
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