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Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) How photography has changed
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:10:16 +1200
I quoted the paragraph from the book without alteration:   the subject line 
says it all (IMO)

The 1,400 photos in the book are pretty remarkable, especially for that 
period, for their uniformly good and consistent exposure, and reproduction.
Admittedly, the printed images mostly are not at all large but I didn't notice 
any I would quarrel with.

As to wind, maybe the photographer had read John Shaw on taking photos 
in the field?  John would wait patiently for a drop in the wind. I do the same. 
Sometimes I will wait 30 minutes, if the subject merits it.

> Message: 59
> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:44:37 -0400
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) How photography has changed
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> I have a difficult time believing that 1/30 or 1/60 sec. is an adequate
> shutter speed in a strong wind.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 6/1/2011 10:00 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> > I have been buying middle-aged to elderly books on rose plants. Mainly
> > so I can identify older roses which are unlabelled..
> >
> > Today a nice one arrived - Roses by Roger Phillips and Martin Rix.
> > Published by Pan in the UK in 1988.  At least 1,400 great photos.
> >
> > Advice on taking rose photos was included. It reads.
> >
> > " When shooting roses in the garden or the field, it is essential to
> > work from a tripod so that you can take advantage of the opportunity to
> > use a slow shutter speed and thus a smaller aperture, giving greater
> > depth of field. In practice the best speed is normally 1/15 sec,
> > although if there is a strong wind you may have to go up to 1/30 or in
> > extremes 1/60.
> >
> > The studio shots are taken on a Bronica 120, with a normal lens, with
> > two Bowens quad units as light source. The field shots are taken with a
> > Nikon FM. The film in both cases is Ektachrome 64, that used for the
> > field shots pushed one stop in development.  "

Brian Swale. 
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