russelljtdyer
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- Location
- Milan, Italy
- Name
- Russell J.T. Dyer
I enjoy photography. I like some of the photos I have taken; I'm even proud of some of them. But I'm more into the adventures associated with photography. I like every aspect of the process involved in making photographs. I like finding a good shot: determining where to position myself with the camera, deciding when the light will be best, waiting for people to happen into a good position, and other such factors. I like also the adventure of acquiring photography equipment: deciding on the best camera for my needs and style, reading reviews of lenses, watching for a good price for a particular used lens, and everything else that goes into assembling the best equipment I can manage to buy to take good photos.
I mentioned recently in another thread how I have been working for a couple of years to transition my equipment from Canon SLR cameras and Zeiss ZE lenses, to Leica M-mount cameras and lenses. That's still in process, but the main goals related to this adventure for me in photography equipment acquisition has been completed with the arrival two days ago of a Leica M9 camera. I've been playing with it for a few days now, just at home when I have time. Below is a test shot I made this afternoon showing the setting sunlight on a poinsettia plant on my dining room table with my living room in the background.
I took this photo without a tripod, using a Leica Summicron f/2 50mm lens. The lens aperture was set to f/5.6, the shutter duration at 1/25 of a second, and the ISO at 160. I made only one post production adjustment to the image: I cropped it slightly. I didn't sharpen it, change the white balance, or anything else. I did export it to a 1024-pixel wide jpeg file for this site. If you click on the image, though, it'll take you to the full-size version. In this shot, I focused on the left, long branch of the poinsettia. If you zoom in on the larger image, you can see the clarity that comes from this camera and lens. I do enjoy Leica lenses. I think I could do better once I've used this camera more, but I am well pleased with it.
I mentioned recently in another thread how I have been working for a couple of years to transition my equipment from Canon SLR cameras and Zeiss ZE lenses, to Leica M-mount cameras and lenses. That's still in process, but the main goals related to this adventure for me in photography equipment acquisition has been completed with the arrival two days ago of a Leica M9 camera. I've been playing with it for a few days now, just at home when I have time. Below is a test shot I made this afternoon showing the setting sunlight on a poinsettia plant on my dining room table with my living room in the background.
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I took this photo without a tripod, using a Leica Summicron f/2 50mm lens. The lens aperture was set to f/5.6, the shutter duration at 1/25 of a second, and the ISO at 160. I made only one post production adjustment to the image: I cropped it slightly. I didn't sharpen it, change the white balance, or anything else. I did export it to a 1024-pixel wide jpeg file for this site. If you click on the image, though, it'll take you to the full-size version. In this shot, I focused on the left, long branch of the poinsettia. If you zoom in on the larger image, you can see the clarity that comes from this camera and lens. I do enjoy Leica lenses. I think I could do better once I've used this camera more, but I am well pleased with it.