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[StuartR]

Ok now.

Low-light Shallow depth of field portrait. Leica MP Konica M Hexanon 50mm f/1.2

Another at the same place (no one said human portrait!). Also Konica 50mm f/1.2:

Happy couple outside Shinjuku station. Leica MP, M-Hexanon 35mm f/2, hyperfocal shot from the hip.

 

[StuartR]

Let me see if I can get these to display in the thread. For some reason it is not working for me...is there a size limit or something?

Here is the first portrait:

 

[StuartR]

The second portrait:

 

[StuartR]

And the third:

 

[StuartR]

And I guess a white bird for good measure. Leica MP, 90mm Tele-Elmarit M. Taken on the ferry at Matsushima Kaigan.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Nice going there Stuart!

Love the photo of the Japense couple and I think remember seeing it on photo.net in some thread.

Great!

 

[Pherdinand]

All great shots in this thread! nice.

 

[Paul Connet]

Low Light Portrait

Low Light Portrait

This is my favorite portrait subject in her favorite chair. She does not like my taking her pic, but I do it anyway.🙄 I have an entire album of her in this chair, usually taken with the first shot after loading a roll of film in the evening while watching TV, or just fooling around with a new RF toy.

Paul C.

 

[Paul Connet]

A White Bird

A White Bird

Shot this a few minutes before sunset after watching a bunch of serious Bird shooters with Arthur Morris on photo field trip to the local wetlands. I had my trusty M6 with 90 TE. The Birders were using 600mm Canons & Nikons mostly. After I took this shot, I turned around and saw Arthur Morris about 6 feet behind me with his tripod mounted EOS & Big White lens aimed at the same bird. I slowly moved back so as not to scare the bird away and took a shot of Arthur with his set-up.

Paul C.

 

[Paul Connet]

Arthur Morris

Arthur Morris

Here is the shot of Arthur Morris getting a shot of the same bird.

Arthur and his band of photographers must have had about twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars worth of equipment with them.

Paul C.

 

[Paul Connet]

Two Hats

Two Hats

OK, last one for tonight. I had a hard time deciding which pic to show for the two hats, but in the end this one had to be it. Zorki-1 with an I-22 from about 2 meters.

Paul C.

 

[StuartR]

I did not realize that one needed a 600mm lens and flash to photograph a seagull. I don't have one scanned in at the moment, but I have one taken from about 3 feet away with a hexar AF. They are not exactly timid creatures...

 

[StuartR]

Ahh, here we go. Just inched closer, and closer to him while I leaned against the rail. He did not seem to mind.

 

[back alley]

stuart, i think you've found your avatar!

nice shot!

joe

 

[Kris]

Sorry for going off topic. Using 600mm lens to take photos of a seagull is rather crazy IMHO. It is showing that they have money burning in their pockets. Seagulls may not be as tame as pigeons but 135mm or 200mm lens is long enough. Took this one with 200mm and naturally disqualified for this thread.

 

[StuartR]

I like that one a lot Kris.

One of these seagulls looks like someone was shooting at it with more than just a 600mm lens...
Leica MP, 50mm f/2:

 

[vladhed]

Re: Arthur Morris

Re: Arthur Morris

Here is the shot of Arthur Morris getting a shot of the same bird.

600mm? What was he trying to do, shoot a book on bird nostrils?

 

[Paul Connet]

Re: Re: Arthur Morris

Re: Re: Arthur Morris

600mm? What was he trying to do, shoot a book on bird nostrils?

In defense of Arthur Morris; I did talk to him and he confessed that he was actually using a 500mm as his big lens, (see the 400 hanging from his shoulder). He said that the 600 was just too heavy for this kind of workshop where he has to handle 15 other photographers, giving advice and counsel. This particular day was not a fruitful outing for birds. I had been there for about an hour before the workshop group arrived, and found nothing special.

When they arrived THEY became my subjects and I took a lot of shots of them trying to find, setup and shoot something of value. It was a better day for me and my Leica than for them and their Canons and Nikons.

Paul C.

 

[Paul Connet]

Loving Couple

Loving Couple

OK, back on topic. Here is a shot from the back I could not resist. Hope you can read the plaque on the bench.

Paul C.

 

[sfaust]

I did not realize that one needed a 600mm lens and flash to photograph a seagull.

You guys are a rough bunch !! 😀 Of course it doesn't take a 600mm to take seagulls, but I would also venture to guess they weren't there planning to take seagull portraits, but most likely they were looking for more interesting subejcts. If you paid for a workshop, or worse yet, accepted money from 12-15 people for a workshop, and found a lack of ample subjects you just use what you can get.

This one was taken with a 200mm. If I had a 400mm or 500mm, I could have gotten a very nice head only portrait. He wouldn't let me advance any closer and almost flew away twice but I backed off. I wasn't there to photograph seagulls either, but he posed for me. So what the heck! 🙂