I remember our meeting in Toronto very well, but I had forgotten about
those MX long exposures. I'll have to dig out those negs one of these
days and see if there are any keepers. Thanks for the comment.
On Jun 27, 2005, at 10:34 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On 6/27/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I wasn't going to post this since I';ve been using up so much
bandwith.
But since we're talking about street photography and subject
interaction, I couldn't resist. This is a 1.5 second exposure at f8
with the FA 50/1.4. I used a garbage can as a tripod so as not to be
too obvious and shot right into a crowd on the sidewalk. The idea is
that some people will move more than others. The resulting shot will
show some detail in those people who didn't move much, while others
will be a blur. I've tried this before with varying degrees of
success.
I like this one because I was seen by one lady, who spent almost all
of
the 1.5 seconds staring at the camera. She wasn't annoyed, and I spoke
with her afterward, but she appears to be at least startled in the
pic.
In any case, I had some fun with this technique, and here it is:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3492686&size=lg
That's pretty wild, Paul.
I must say, you certainly have fun with your cameras, and you're not
afraid to experiment and try stuff "just to see how it turns out". I
seem to recall you doing something like that with your little MX when
we met here in Toronto: you placed it on a table, set the timer then
tripped it, not knowing who (if anybody) would walk through or past a
doorway when the shutter deployed.
It's this type of stuff that'll keep you fresh and involved. I've
been feeling as if I've been in a bit of a photographic doldrum since
GFM (not that there's a connection, that's just the time period).
Maybe I should try some stuff like you do.
As for the photo itself, I love it! Awash with colours and motion,
it's like a little movie. Terrific and fun to look at.
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
