On Jan 23, 2006, at 9:27 AM, David Young wrote:
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 SarapiquÃ
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. :-)
--
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
Very nice... I have gone so far as to have someone spraying water out
of a bottle in front of and from the top of the lens to try to get a
good rain effect... and even that did not work too well. Yes, getting
raindrops to show just right is very tough. You got a great catch
there!
Steve
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