The Beautiful Game

Anatomy of Last Night’s Game.

Inspiration, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Portrait, Q&A, Sports, Teaching point, The Beautiful Game, Undisclosed Lens #1

This series was photographed last night with my undisclosed lens.

(click to see LARGE)

Anatomy of Last Night's Game

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Each image was created with the lens wide open.

For those interested in seeing the details this lens captures at maximum aperture, here is a 100% crop of the third image:

(focus is on his eyelashes)

Anatomy of Last Night's Game (100% crop)

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Yes, this lens costs less than a Leica lens hood.  It costs less than an M9 battery.  Amazing really.

I’m working my way down the list of donators to the site and revealing the identity of my undisclosed lens.

Thanks again to those who donated.

—Peter.

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Homage to HCB.

2015, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Monochrom (CCD Lives!), Portrait, Q&A, Sports, Teaching point, The Beautiful Game

I was thinking of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s famous shot when I took this.

(his image is more interesting — for many reasons)

On a related note, I’ve gone back and edited all my soccer-related images and added the category The Beautiful Game to each one, so that I no longer have to type “The Beautiful Game” in the title or in the post.

—Peter.

The beautiful game - homage to HCB