Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> The local arsonist was at work last week about a half-mile from my > house. I walked up the PO with a couple of Ms and banged through five > rolls of film. I've just begun the scanning, but these are a couple of > images that strike me: > > http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown/photography/New/fire0026.htm This shot does not work for me. There is nothing to connect the fireman at the back of the building to a fire, he is sort of out of place in what is a tranquill looking building sitting beside a corn field. > > The flecks of black are not defects in the negatives; they're airborne ash > and cinders. I had to back off when the smoke got too thick to breath. > > http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown/photography/New/fire0016.htm This one I like, shows what is going on with the firefighters and the grain (or smoke) gives some tension. > > Comments welcome, as ever. > > Chandos > sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html