This is part of a new series I started to shoot with my M called "Found Art." I think this is an absolutely beautiful sculpture. You may disagree, and that's find too.

-- Glenn Travis (leciaddict@hotmail.com), January 29, 2002

Answers

It's a nice sculpture. Often in travel photography I shoot similar "found art". I find that what works better for me is to use a medium tele like the 90 or 135, which due to it's narrower angle of coverage takes in less distracting background; using a wider aperture further isolates the artifact from the background.

-- Jay (infinitydt@aol.com), January 29, 2002.

I agree, it's a beautiful sculpture. I'd like to see it again in a more revealing, less contrasty light with a background that's not distracting. There's an assignment for you.

-- Bob Fleischman (RFXMAIL@prodigy.net), January 29, 2002.

Howard Schatz travelled around with a backdrop and two assistants. For something like cemetery angels and that ilk I would like to see it done in this matter with the largest camera to overcome the cliche.

-- ray tai (razerx@netvigator.com), January 30, 2002.

By way of explaination: All I shoot with, and all I carry, is a Leitz M6 & Elmar-M. Oh, and sometimes Trinovid 8x20 BC. For a good twenty years, I've been partial to the Zeizz Tesar design. Part of this series is to showcase what I feel is a much overlooked lens.

-- Glenn Travis (leciaddict@hotmail.com), January 30, 2002.

I guess quite a few pros would want to isolate the sculpture against a plain blue sky, or use a longer lens - 80-200 - to blur the background completely, or come in really close to the figure - but I agree the gentle OOF areas reveal the quality of this particular lens. And what a nice compact size for travelling.

-- David Killick (dalex@inet.net.nz), January 31, 2002.