Lloyd
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"I hope she marries a doctor."A shot of a friend's father at her graduation (studying to be an ultrasound technician)... Would love to know what he was thinking.
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"I hope she marries a doctor."A shot of a friend's father at her graduation (studying to be an ultrasound technician)... Would love to know what he was thinking.
Congratulations Matt!Gentlemen: Thanks!
One of our kittens in B & W.
M-Monochrom; 50mm f/1.4; 1/60s; ISO 3200
Cheers, Matt
Zenfolio | Matt Driscoll
Chris: Looks really good. Nice tonality. Love the rendering of that Cron too... both of them!
Good to know the MM can also replace lunch... it may pay for itself, yet! :ROTFL:Charged the battery while I went to visit some folks, then put on the Elmarit 90 and spent my lunch sitting at my desk with a silly grin.
I struggle at times with that same realization. Expensive glass in the bag, and an old, under-appreciated lens on the camera.So after a two and week vacation, I'm finally at ease with my new Noctilux 0.95 ASPH : I'm going to sell it for a 35 1.4 ASPH and a MM
Still undicided if the MM is the way to go or not, I have to say I'm impressed with the MM high ISO ability and fine tones but one thing is for sure - I'm currently more and more in love with black and white photography - finally, at a couple of years of having the M9, I'm getting bw pictures that I love - due most to the fact that while I might have changed a bit as photographer, I did sharpened up quite my skills in post processing - and I keep them now... to a minimum. Carefull focusing, most carefull composing are the big differences - and instead of spending an hour or so with each picture, I spend much less because I know what I want - instead I go surely for what I want and spend quite some time doing fine adjustments.
Also, I just got newfound love for a much ill-loved lens that I had on my stable and was the lens I most enjoyed using on my trip - Leica 35mm Summaron f3.5. The smooth transition, the soft contrasts are just PERFECT. I felt sometimes almost not at ease since I was using it ALL The time and the Noctilux was just being on the bag.
Funny how a 300 usd lens can kill a 9000 usd one.
Anyway, sorry for the long rambling, here are few pictures I took :
Saint Emillion on the background, wife on the foreground