Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Another Sin of my Youth
From: ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:17:21 -0700

Nice work! 
The texture looks great, The only place I can't see much is in the white
sock of the man on the left.

trish
ternahan@gentlelens.net


> From: Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 00:32:13 -0700
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Another Sin of my Youth
> 
> Early on a chilly, foggy Boston morning back in the spring of 1972, I went
> on a picture-taking walk with my M2 and 50mm DR Summicron.  I walked around
> Government Center, taking some forgettable pictures of the geometric
> patterns of the plaza.  Then, I came upon the following scene in a nearby
> window well:
> 
> http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/oldpics/homeless72.htm
> 
> We didn't call them "homeless" then.  The usual terms were "winos" or "bums."
> 
> This file is rather big (168 K), but I lost texture in lower JPG
> quality.  If you switch your browser to full screen mode, you can see the
> entire picture on a 1024x768 monitor.  This is also my first time messing
> with levels in Photoshop rather than Irfanview.
> 
> --Peter Klein
> Seattle, WA
>