Post your most satisfactory shot so far in 2009.

[peterm1]

I have already posted to this thread so maybe I should not post again.........but the other day I took this candid photo. Not quite sure why it appeals so much to me - perhaps its because I shot it wide open, on the fly and nailed the focus. I also like the way people are milling around in the background - almost like I planned it that way.

see it here in context

http://www.flickr.com/photos/80702381@N00/

 

[ishpop]

I have already posted to this thread so maybe I should not post again.........but the other day I took this candid photo. Not quite sure why it appeals so much to me - perhaps its because I shot it wide open, on the fly and nailed the focus. I also like the way people are milling around in the background - almost like I planned it that way.

see it here in context

http://www.flickr.com/photos/80702381@N00/

Interesting shot. I mean no offense by this, but it appears as though the boy has been photoshop'd into the photograph. A mixture of the lighting and focus I suppose. What lense?

 

[peterm1]

Interesting shot. I mean no offense by this, but it appears as though the boy has been photoshop'd into the photograph. A mixture of the lighting and focus I suppose. What lense?

No offence taken, it does look a bit like that - but it is not so. I did however adjust the image in post pocessing to produce a vignette effect so as to focus attention on him even more. (A common technique in this kind of portraiture.)

The shot was not taken with a rangefinder in this instance - I shot with a Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 wide open (but I cannot recall at which focal length). I would qualify this as the best SLR lens I have ever used bar none including my 180mm f2.8 which is also capable of stunning photos and of isolating subjects and their background although the bokeh on that is softer. I think its even as good as the Leica glass I have owned and used (But I have not used any later than that made in the mid 1980s.) I think the thing I liked was that for almost the first time I was able to "nail" a moving subject having experimented with the focusing modes on my D200. Had I been shooting a Leica M it may have been easier to some extent - I could have pre-focused to a designated spot and then waited for a subject to walk into that position. I actually find it harder to shoot with SLRs and their fancy computer aided focusing when shooting street scenes but it does give me he luxury of using much longer lenses if thats what I choose although it was not what I did on this particular day.

 

[gian]

it's the most useless time in the year... sad, but I will be there next year again... and the year later and later and later 😉)

Ah ah ah, I know the feeling ... though I escaped most of them when I left the country long time ago. Your shot brought back a lot of (bad) memories to me 😉 Will be on the look for your series on your blog.

 

[2XLX2]

 

[mackigator]

@ishpop: an Olympus XA with Arista Premium 400, pushed to 800, in DDX. Camera settings not recorded.

 

[charjohncarter]

 

[Harrejesus]

A rainy night

 

[Vics]

Great picture, aperture64! Was that Tri-X?
Vic

 

[kermaier]

Sleepover

Sleepover

R-D1 @ ISO 1600, Summicron 50/2 Rigid @ f/2, Epson PhotoRAW

::Ari

 

[kermaier]

Going Home

Going Home

This one was satisfying for me from a camera handling perspective. I've been using a RF for a year now (after 25 years of SLRs), so I'm starting to get the hang of things. Also, I was using an old collapsible lens that has an aperture ring rotating with the focus and with the aperture scale only on one side of the barrel. I was walking across a parking lot, when I noticed the geese flying straight toward me. I was able to bring up my camera, set the aperture to f/8 without totally blowing the focus, track the birds in flight through the viewfinder, frame the city skyline and the birds, and get off the shot at the right moment, all within about 5 seconds. The result is not quite as I imagined it, but it's pleasing to me anyway.

R-D1 @ ISO 200, Canon 50/3.5 Collapsible LTM @ f/8, Epson PhotoRAW

::Ari

 

[Silva Lining]

Satisfactory because of timing 😉 (M8 + 35mm Lux asph at F1.4)

I love this shot - the tones the people in shot and of course the lightning - brilliant!

 

[leicashot]

I love this shot - the tones the people in shot and of course the lightning - brilliant!

Agreed....+1!

 

[wjlapier]

I always come back to this one when I think of one of my favorite from 2009.

M3 and DR Cron--my daughter who nevers shys away from a photo op.

 

[mr_phillip]

This one makes me smile, and was a gift of a moment...

 

[Mauros]

Agreed....+1!

+1

and Lemalk <-- great shot

I'm quite happy with this one:

 

[Gawain Hewitt]

These are mine - not sure if this is how I attach photos though, first time i've done this!

The first one my daughter at Charleston Farmhouse, holiday abode of The Bloomsbury Set. Leica M8, Nokton 35mm 1.2

The Second one a street shot from Camden London, using a Leica 35mm f2 pre-asph v4 (sadly had to sell this to buy the Voigtlanders)

The third one a picture of record producer The Real Tuesday Weld with Marcella from The Puppini Sisters in session also using the 35mm f2

 

[meven]

I like this one:

 

[Dingo]

I like this one:

You finally came! This one is really nice, absolutely one of your best in 2009.

BTW, is it from the Yashica TLR ?

 

[meven]

You finally came! This one is really nice, absolutely one of your best in 2009.

BTW, is it from the Yashica TLR ?

Yes, YashicaMat 124G in low light...

I just discovered the thread yesterday afternoon.