The decisive moment with the Leica M3

[gho]

Lecia M3 15 voitlander

Very good how you blocked the sun with the sign and caught the light projections on the opposite side of the street. Color is also great.

 

[gho]

Lecia M6 15 Voitlander

Nice moody winter image, very well exposed!

 

[gho]

Lecia M6 21 F4 Super Angulon

Again, the color is eye candy.

 

[Nikkor AIS]

Thanks for the kind words guys. Im going to repost the first one's with the WM ( don't even want to say/write the word🙄) when I/Kat get a chance. For now, Im off to burn some film

gregory

 

[Warren T.]

Gregory, I stayed out of the fracas regarding the "WM", but I just wanted to say that I applaud your patience, understanding, and good humor. It could easily have gotten out of control, and I'm glad that cooler heads prevailed in the end 🙂.

Your images are really nice. I enjoyed viewing them (without the WM). Thanks for sharing them.

--Warren

 

[Nikkor AIS]

No more watermarks

No more watermarks

Friend Kat here. Until I pick up the fundamentals in Photoshop, seems like a better idea to go without a watermark. So in that spirit, here are the earlier photos, now gloriously unencumbered.
Regards, Kat

Cat jumping:


"Disabled" woman:


Construction worker:


Train conductor:


Cat yawning:


Boy and sheep:


Man in front of church:


Santa and kids:

 

[Nikkor AIS]

This is a test - Leica M3 photos - (1)

This is a test - Leica M3 photos - (1)

Kat again, faithful sidekick, trying to upload some attachments.
New work using a Leica M3 with 35 1.4 Summilux.

 

[Nikkor AIS]

This is a test - Leica M3 photos - (2)

This is a test - Leica M3 photos - (2)

A few more for your viewing pleasure.
K.

 

[Nikkor AIS]

This is a test - Leica M3 photos - (3)

This is a test - Leica M3 photos - (3)

Last but not least.
K.

 

[spystyle]

Very nice 🙂

 

[smiling gecko]

terrific

terrific

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[coelacanth]

Very very nice! I love them all, but the kitty shots are my favorites. Are those sheep real? In a mall? Surreal yet really cute. Those tiny shoes! 😀

And again, if you need help with Photoshop, just PM me. I can get you subtle watermark (tiny copyright line at bottom, maybe) layer super easy.

 

[rdeleskie]

Lecia M6 15 Voitlander

Just beautiful. Nice work!

 

[Nikkor AIS]

Taken with an M3 and a 35 1.4 Summilux at F8/11 on Ektar 100 ISO

Thanks for the kind words about my photos. The sheep and the young boy was my youngest son and was taken in the new supermall in Alberta, "CrossIron Mills." The sheep was not real. Very cute nonetheless. The photo of the young lady with the halo was taken in the food court.

Gregory



Taken with the M3 and the 50 1.0 Noctilux at 1/125 second @ f1.0 EKtar 100

 

[Nikkor AIS]

Taken with Leica M3 and 50 1.0 Noctilux @ F 1.0 AT 1/125 Ektar 100

 

[Nikkor AIS]

Taken with M3 and 15 mm Viotlander 400 kodak gold film

 

[dfoo]

ISO 100 film indoors. Nice!

 

[Nikkor AIS]

i know 100 ISO indoors😀. I just picked up a B+W ND filter for the 50 1.0 Noctilux so I can use it in daylight wide open in good light at 1/1000 second. I was using a 60 polarizer but the B+W N.D cuts three stops instead of two.

Gregory

 

[Stravinsky]

Gregory, this is a fantastic work, thank you for sharing.
You are super good, gear is top-notch, but that northern light is just plain wonderful. I am green of envy!

Question: why did you choose to go with the C41 on B&W on few cases?

Tx, Andre

 

[Nikkor AIS]

Taken with an M3 and 35 1.4 Summilux 1/60 second @ F 1.4 XP2

Yes, the light is wonderful in Alberta this time of year. It makes up for having to freeze your fingers loading film, hanging on to chrome M Leicas. Not that I'm complaining. I never did like shooting with gloves on. As far as the XP2, I just like it. Heck I liked XP1😉. Although I'm set up for souping my own negs, it's easier to run down to Superstore and drop the film off and have them do a CD for $3.99. When I get motivated I'm going to make some wet prints as well as rescanning then with my Nikon Coolscan 5000. I still think there is nothing like silver prints from real B+W film but sometimes compromises need to be made.

I've got a couple of boxes of Tri-X/Plus X (50 rolls) just waiting for me to get back into the dark room. I wanted to get up to speed on the whole M system before I get into doing real B+W. There is a learning curve to be sure, going from Nikon F3/D3 to M3/M6. It's like starting over in many regards - from focusing to loading film, especially with the M3😱, and then estimating coverage with lenses like the 35 1.4 on the M3 and of course the 21 F4 and 15 Voitlander on the M3/M6. Personally, I love the challenge of the Leica M system. I'm still trying to trade my Canon 5D2 (which I got to shoot video🙄) for an MP/M7/M8.

Gregory