W/NW: Something tactile

[arthuryeo]

How do you explain to someone that Leica lenses can produce something

that's almost "touchable" ?

 

http://www.photo.net/photo/3739314&size=lg

[g-man1]

Georgious, even on my monitor -- must be great in print/projection. Perhaps the deep blacks and shallow depth of field contribute to the "tactile" nature of this photograph.

[Nowhereman]

Sorry, but almost any good modern lens from Nikon and Canon produces the same type of

picture when shot at the same aperture and same close-up distance. I understand that you

like your photograph -- it is pretty -- but it's hard NOT to produce something beautiful when

you point your camera at beautiful flowers: nature has already done the work for you.

 

--Mitch

[gabrielma]

<i>Sorry, but almost any good modern lens from Nikon</i><BR>

That didn't take long.

[c_d5]

Drool........90'cron APO.....

[raymond_wong7]

Very nice shot, dare I say it has some glow...BTW what scanner did you use for the scan.

[arthuryeo]

Dare I say that I used a Nikon Coolscan 9000 ED ...

[edmo]

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[._._z]

How do you explain to someone that incorrect presumptions invariably lead to incorrect

conclusions?

[michael s.]

Couldn't touch either one, but on my monitor I could smell Arthur's flower and could also smell the sock Ed photographed.

 

Good smellography by both guys and their lenses.

[arthuryeo]

It's invariably interesting that when you click on .[. Z, you get a totally clean page with no historical records at all.

 

So, .[. Z, are you one of the admins for this site?

[Brad_]

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[arthuryeo]

Now, that's a certainly tactile! Very delicious tones.

[edmo]

<i>Now, that's a certainly tactile! Very delicious tones.</i>

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ya, nice....Brad, that the Canon or the Sony?

[Brad_]

Canon. Thanks Arthur and Ed!

[Brad_]

And with a canon zoom. My M and 'lux were out getting waxed that day...

[._._z]

It's invariably tedious that Arthur does not seem to know what he's talking about, or has

trouble making clear what he means.

[olliesteiner]

Arthur Yeo wrote: "How do you explain to someone that Leica lenses can produce something that's almost "touchable" ?"

 

I explain it as having much to do with shallow depth of field. The sharply focused subject stands out in 3D effect largely due to the softening of focus in the background.

 

Mitch Alland wrote: "It's hard NOT to produce something beautiful when you point your camera at beautiful flowers: nature has already done the work for you."

 

I don't entirely agree. The flower is not Arthur's image. Arthur's image is not the flower....Rather, it's a two dimensional design which includes a flower, the lighting, and the objects and space around it. Nature did fine, but she didn't make the image that includes that flower...Arthur did.

[fjords]

Brad, nice, but aroma?

[travis1]

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[arthuryeo]

Travis, another cool effect. Well done!

[Uhooru]

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Prolly the lens.

[fjords]

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[Brad_]

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[Brad_]

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