Snow and the 35mm Elmar

[Sanders McNew]

It took me a long time to understand compensation until "the light went on". The meters job is to render a neutral (18%) grey. So when it sees snow, it stops the shutter or f-stop down to turn the white neutral (grey dingy snow). You must open up to render white snow.

Which is why I always meter off of the
palm of my hand in the ambient light --
it gives a constant from which to set my
shutter and aperture. Sanders

 

[MCTuomey]

david, that's a beautiful cityscape. and i agree about Portra 160NC. in winter's usual diffused light it's nicely muted and even just suggestive, depending on the exposure.

 

[robert blu]

great picture Sanders, both as composition content of the image and as technicals process, exposure etc.
wellseen and well done,
robert

 

[JohanV]

Which is why I always meter off of the
palm of my hand in the ambient light --
it gives a constant from which to set my
shutter and aperture. Sanders

As long as you don't get your hands dirty 😀

 

[David Goldfarb]

As long as you don't get your hands dirty 😀

There's a lawyer joke in there somewhere, but I'm too tired to think of it right now.

 

[Sanders McNew]

There's a lawyer joke in there somewhere, but I'm too tired to think of it right now.

Hey! I'm a lawyer only so I can buy
film and fixer and Leica accessories. 🙂