Yesterday, on one of the Leica lists, Mark Bohrer posted a couple of shots depicting rain... as a droplet on the end of a leaf.
I can understand his efforts (and a nice shot it was, too)... for unlike snow,
rain is very difficult - no, almost impossible - to portray on film. The
droplets are too tiny, too fast, and unless the light is at the absolutely
perfect angle, it virtually disappears in our shots. No wonder so many folks
try to shoot rain by showing the reflections in puddles, rain drops on flowers
and the like.
About two weeks ago, I got lucky. I got a shot in the midst of a tropical
downpour, in a Rain Forest. About an inch of rain in 20 minutes!
To make things even more difficult, I was shooting on the Sarapiquà River, from a boat with about 20 other folks in it, all moving
about... not to mention the vibration of the outboard motor and the motion of the boat itself. The saving grace was that I was under cover - so the cameras stayed dry.
Still, I considered myself very lucky. I squeezed off about 8 or 9 shots of the Anhinga and 3 are sharp as tacks! I think that's pretty good, considering the conditions. :-)
See: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt and click on the "Featured Photo" link, on
your left.
Technical: Canon 20D w/Leica 80~200 Vario-Elmar and 2x converter mounted. f8
1/250th sec. ISO 3200.
Comments appreciated... criticism grudgingly accepted.
Thanks for looking. :-)
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David Young,
Logan Lake, BC
CANADA.
Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm
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