Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those were the days, standing in the cold rain to get shots of some dignitary. I really like your printing, great tones-rich blacks and very clean whites with out loosing detail. Well done. Will you be posting more of the day or is this all? cheers Wilber - ----- Original Message ----- From: Simon Stevens <simon@camera-craftsman.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:43 PM Subject: [Leica] Inauguration photos > Hot off the easel! Inauguration Day pictures. > > Here's the result of five hours shivering in the freezing drizzle of a > Washington, DC January. These are crowd shots of demonstrators and well > wishers, mostly taken around 9th and Pennsylvania Ave. While I was there > I glimpsed one other photographer shooting with a Leica and what looked > like a 24mm with finder, but I couldn't move through the crowd enough to > say hello and see if he was a member of the LUG. I also wasn't close > enough to see anything of the swearing in ceremony although I did > glimpse the President's hand (oh, boy!) as he whizzed by in the limo. > :) Anyway, for me I think these capture something of the flavor of the > day for those of us who weren't connected enough to get a good ticket. > Street photography isn't normally my thing but I had fun with these ones > and any comments would be appreciated. They can be found at: > > http://www.camera-craftsman.com/inaugural.html > > Simon Stevens >