ROBERT SLATER PHOTOGRAPHY

Tag: leica

  • Photographing Art

    Photographing Art

    A slice of time

    Often a photograph will have amazing resolution and perfect focus but will still fails to accurately represent the art in the artists mind. This is because art is viewed over time, from different angles and seen in different light and different times of the day . Photography is about capturing a very specific moment and freezing it. We can only ever hope to document one moment, one light and at one time. That is the limitation ( and challenge) of photography.

    This is a 150mm drawing and shot on a modern Leica camera and lens. The resolution of this macro lens is 1:1 which allows incredible detail for small work.

    Sometimes you get lucky…

    Kandinsky shot in ACMI in Melbourne during an exhibition.

    Shot with galley lighting, hand held camera and from one sneaky shot.

    I ended up with a 3000px image after I had corrected it for distortion and straightness.

  • Tuesday Night In Footscray

    Tuesday Night In Footscray

    Tuesday Night in Footscray. Shot on a Leica CL , 50mm F1.2

    It was late, it was wet, and the usual noise of the west had finally gone quiet.

    We were walking back from a bowl of pho, and as we hit the street, the stillness of the night completely caught me. The busy road was empty, and the rain had turned the asphalt dark and faintly reflective . The light splashing across the wet tram tracks—this intense, warm glow cutting through the dark, balanced by a sharp red door in the distance and the cold blue of the lights on the wall, then the yellow pouring out of cafe window. The people are still.

    I was shooting wide open at f/1.2 on a manual $100 TTartisan lens, dragging the shutter down to 1/30th of a second just to hold onto those bleeding colors.

    I wanted the dark. I wanted to capture the exact weight of that late-night silence and the way the light hit the wet steel.

    It ended up being on Flickr Explore . But to my eye, it’s just the memory of a quiet walk home in Footscray.

  • Pie Face

    Pie Face

    PieFace

    Chosen by Client

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  • Delicious Donuts

    Delicious Donuts

    This wasn’t a product shoot, or a food shoot. I was brought in to help with photographing the opening of a new service station.

    While I was there they mentioned that they had a new product.. I had a choice. Nikon zoom or Leica 23mm Summicron. If I have a choice I will always pick the Summicron for the insanely sharp focus but idealy I would use a longer lens.

    That is a great product and I could not resist going for a shot. The 23mm Leica Summicron is such an incredible lens that it allows you to do this sort of nonsense.

  • Dredging on the Beach

    Dredging on the Beach

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    Dredging on the Beach

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  • Autumn Light | Werribee

    Autumn Light | Werribee

    Werribee South Beach

    A misty day with soft light

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  • Werribee South

    Werribee South

    The farmland was once well away from the city but as the city moves closer it is protected rural land.Acting as a Market Garden the deep red soils provide Melbourne with fresh greens, cauliflowers and cabbages. This building may look like a relic of the past but it is fully in use.

  • 2024/2025/2026 camera gear

    2024/2025/2026 camera gear

    The last year i have been low profile as I moved to Geelong to a broken old house and someone had to fix it. That someone, being, me.

    I have not upgraded anything. The Nikon is looking very battered and may soon have to be retired but the Leica still looks good, a bit of brassing,but, other than that. It works.
    My old OM1 has gone to a better home. I can’t ever see myself shooting film again so that is good.

    Leica, my go-to brand, doesn’t exactly play in the super zoom playground, and to be honest, their price tag would probably have me hosting a yard sale for my spare kidney even if they did. So, I ventured into Nikon territory. I’m now the owner of a Nikon D7200, sporting a nifty 18-140mm zoom lens. It may be a bit of a classic, but it’s got a 24Mpx sensor that’s just right for my needs—great quality without overwhelming my hard drives. What a fantastic little (big) addition to the gear shelf

    Leica Apo-Macro-Elmarit-Tl 60mm F/2.8

    For my highly detailed photography of gorgeous things I needed something exceptional. It also shoots magnificent portraits of people

    This lens is built to deliver exceptional performance. Designed for detailed close-up photography, it offers consistent, premium image quality at all focus distances. The apochromatic design of the lens effectively removes color distortions and chromatic aberrations, ensuring pure colors in your images. In addition, the inclusion of four aspherical elements minimizes spherical aberrations, enhancing the overall image clarity and precision.

    Leica Summicron-T 23mm f/2 ASPH Lens

    I have had this lens for a few years now and it never ceases to amaze me. Gorgeous colors and accuracy to the edges. A Leica TL reference lens for incredible unobtrusive photography.

    The Leica CL

    Out of production but absolutely not for sale. Leica just released the SL3 which may replace it. Eventually!

    Manfrotto Tripod

    A new ( old) Manfrotto tripod is probably my most sensible buy since the last time I did a gear roundup in 2022. This makes my camera equipment rock steady for long exposure photos that often use in product shoots. It’s not exactly lightweight.

    The OM1 with the 50mm Olympus Zuiko Lens

    The fantastic Olympus OM1. has gone to my daughter. I had shot a few nice shots adapting the lens for my leica Cl . I will probably end up buying a Zuiko 1.8 50mm just to fill that gap.

  • Uranium Glaze.

    Uranium Glaze.

    Ceramic glaze is a shiny coating applied to ceramics before firing. Uranium glaze is a type of ceramic glaze that contains uranium creating various colours and can emit a special glow under UV light. The radioactivity in uranium glazes is generally considered safe.

    They were popular in the early to mid-20th century but are less common now. Antique ceramics with uranium glazes are sought after by collectors for their historical value and unique appearance.

    Uranium Orange [Explored]
    Uranium Glaze Vase
    Uranium Glaze vase

  • The photoshoot that never happened

    Improvements to AI are almost daily. Using just a little more scripting and a custom merged model this set was much easier to produce.

    This person does not exist. if you look closely you can see that these are not photographs.

  • Rustic Still Life | Vintage lens

    This was shot using a 40 year old Zuiko Lens on a modern Leica CL digital camera. It was a fantastic lens in its time. Lens technology has moved on!

  • Jeff’s Shed | Melbourne