jschweigl Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 <center><img src="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display? photo_id=1465966"><br><br><i>M3, Noct@f1, Kodak Imagelink</i><br>Taken during a portrait session in an abandoned factory building</center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kastner Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Johann, I'm afraid this Nocti stuff <i>is</i> catching. I like your shot -- the old-age painting, daguerrotype (sp?) stories etc -- but I do confess that I still don't mind having had 2 other 50s first. The Nocti would be great but only as my 5th or 6th lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_pelizza_salusso_di_vol Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 very, very, very fine. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabophoto Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Johann, I like it. Interesting expression, some (but not distracting) detail in the background. Guess I should get my Noct out of the closet... Carsten http://www.cabophoto.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprouty Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Very well done. I don't suppose you've taken the time to shoot the same image twice, once with a Noctilux and once with a Lux or Cron? Would be interesting to compare the results. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_everhov Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Very very good... makes me want one. And better yet, the picture in it self makes me want to go out and shoot some portraits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 I hear the Betty Ford clinic now accepts Nocti-addicts. Six weeks of total Nocti-deprivation, light therapy, being strapped down in your bed when the sun sets, and you'll be back to sunny Summicron status. The sky will turn azure blue again, flowers will sweetly bloom, and the song birds will sing their hearts out. But beware all those of weak will, the Dark Lord is ever vigilante.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert knapp md Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Marc- This sounds like a very very series case and I think that Johann may need several months of Noct deprivation in order to make a complete recovery. However, given the fact that the patient is not expressing noct-mania and seems otherwise OK, one could just observe him and send the noct for safekeeping to Al "send me the lens anytime" Kaplan during the week so as to avoid "overexposure." (:>))))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricks Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 That is a very nice portrait that you should be proud of. Job well done and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_l_ck Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Johann, meine Tochter (14) würde sagen: cooler Typ. An outstanding potrait! Marc, wonderful flower and picture (I think I've already seen it once here!?). Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis1 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Johann, very good shot..I like the bokeh from the Noct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Oh yeh Johann, I was so busy goofing around with you, I forgot to say... EXCELLENT image! A lot of character captured well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Thanks, Albert, but I'll pass on holding the Nocti for a week. What I keep thinking about doing, though, is getting my ancient beat-to-hell 100mm f/2 Angenieux cleaned up and recoated, and the shutter fixed on my one remaining SL2 body. Leitz must have taught their 1950's vintage soft coating techniques to the French (or learned them there). No, the lens wasn't factory supplied in Leicaflex mount. Come to think of it, I'm not exactly sure where the adapter is anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis1 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Al, ever thought of setting up your own camera store? ;) Ypu seem to have so many antiques I have not heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 crikey -- the image is good enuff to survive even photoshop borders!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy bennett Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Johann, It's a wonderful portrait, but if I could interject a critical note, I find the darkest tones in the image a little too light. Compare for example the dark gray of the jacket sleeve to the black of the border. It may just reflect a personal preference, but I'd print the darkest areas darker, close to maximum black in the darkest parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerry_szarek Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 I love it, what type of film is Imagelink? Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew n.bra hrefhttp Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 A couple of things. (1) I think you need to have your camera CLA'd as the frame edges seem to have rotted away. (2) Nice portrait, but the shot shows the classic problem with the Noct' - you always have to dead-centre your subject at f1 (to work around the 2-3 stop vignetting). Although it's okay for one or two shots, with the Noct' it is this way for *every* shot. IMO v.tiresome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheridan Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Memorable image Johann. I like that touch of sepia. One good feature of your Noct. @ f1 ...saves you having to burn in the edges to get the antique effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_swanson Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 I like it. But my first thought was why do you need all that space on top? I'd crop off some of the top, hell maybe even down into his head a bit and end up with a square image. Or just focus and reframe. But someone else brought up the Nocts' fall off at the edges and I hadn't thought of that so focus and reframe is out of the question I guess. Surely the framing could have moved some no? At what point does the fall off begin? Again I do like the shot though. Show more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry_kincaid1 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Great portrait. I would love to try that lens for a while. They say you can break the addiction to that lens if you buy a 75mm Lux. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven_hupp3 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 great shot johann. a wonderfully subtle detail is that the subject, who is smoking a cigaret, has had a tracheostomy at some time in the past! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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