Leica M - Post your Portraits

[Hosermage]

visiting the library...

 

[jatiphoto]

m4p/35'lux asph

 

[Vobluda]

Nice picture!

m4p/35'lux asph

 

[jcrutcher]

Gavin and his Uncle Jim







M9-P, 50mm Summicron (current version)

 

[jatiphoto]

Nice picture!

thanks 🙂

 

[menos]

super sharp. Excellent portraits Menos. I really enjoyed the one with the balloons and girl smiling

Thanks ;-)

I really love, picking strangers on the streets and shooting portraits - it's not just photography but A LOT of fun meeting new people.
It's even today not considered "normal" to ask a total stranger on the street, to have their portrait taken - hence some strange reactions from time to time …

may I introduce my new 1913-1983 50 Summicron:

I love that lens on the M8 sensor! it's super sharp, but does some interesting things with backgrounds, I love so much from the Noctilux (shape of highlights, slight distortion close up, etc …).

another with the 50 Cron:

and a few with the almighty 75 Summilux (a pity, I didn't take my favorite lens, the 50ƒ1 with me this time):

Watch also my blog with a new entry about the city, I love so much … Leipzig.

 

[kiemchacsu]

I can see this becoming one massive gigathread.

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I quoted his post from 3.5years ago to confirm that he is correct!

Leica M6 35/2 Pre-ASPH Fomapan 100


1111_22_HN_HG_fomapan by kiemchacsu, on Flickr

 

[mdarnton]

Dirk, if you don't mind answering, what film are you using?

 

[menos]

Hey Michael, I answered more extensively by PM.

I used no film for these photos, but shoot mainly two Leica digital cameras - a M8.2 and a M9 (these are my workhorse bodies, always in the bag, one with a wide angle, the other with a normal lens, sometimes a slightly longer portrait lens).

I develop all my photographs individually in Lightroom.
I do not use any plugins or canned profiles, as I found, that this doesn't work well and makes a photographer/ editor to loose the skill of "reading a photograph" during developing.
This is the skill, that comes automatically to everyone, regularly editing and examining photographs, which makes them think about contrast, black point, white point, exposure, sharpening, etc …
You see a photograph and think, mmmh, let's add a little contrast and take back a bit the black point + add a little shadow fill, to make it feel better ;-)

I am never really satisfied with the look and therefore continue to constantly experiment with developing photographs - a general look though one establishes after a few months of seriously following this receipt.

 

[michaelshane]

 

[ajramirez]

En la Plaza Palmer by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


Contemplación by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Leica M6TTL, 50mm 2.8 M Elmar, Kodak Ektar 100. B&W conversion with Silver Efex Pro 2.0.

Cheers,

Antonio

 

[inzite]

dirk always have great stuff 😛


L1009674 copy by inzite, on Flickr



L1009687 copy by inzite, on Flickr


L1009697 copy by inzite, on Flickr


L1009680 copy by inzite, on Flickr

 

[huntjump]

Smiling Is Contagious by Adam Regele, on Flickr

Leica M8 + 35 cron ASPH

 

[ajramirez]

Estatua viviente by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


Estatua viviente by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Leica M9P, 50mm 2.8 M Elmar.

Cheers,

Antonio

 

[Clancycoop]

M8 w/ 50 Summicron V5

 

[Bingley]

M2, uncoated Summitar:


E., April 7, 2012 by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[dimitri_c]

Hello -

Portrait, you said portrait…

 

[dimitri_c]

Hello again -

 

[Penzes]

Queens Day, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Girlfriends by Istvan Penzes, on Flickr
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[Penzes]

Queensday, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Candy by Istvan Penzes, on Flickr
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