Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Grand Canyon,North Rim, Sunday
From: Allen Graves <ahgraves@prodigy.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:08:20 -0500
References: <8EB33B9C-6DCE-11D7-AB7D-000393802534@mac.com> <p05210600babf47a5162f@[10.0.1.22]> <003b01c301e0$e4a61ea0$7ee76344@ph.cox.net> <3E99A1ED.73152ED6@hemenway.com>

There is a 2-3000 foot difference in elevation, they are something 
like 7-10 miles apart and it's some of the highest contrast lighting 
I've ever encountered, It's a huge and beautiful place but sometimes 
very difficult to photograph.


>I think that one rim of the GC is around 3000 feet higher than the
>other.
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>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
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>Allen Graves wrote:
>>
>>  It doesn't appear level, but as I found when I looked back at my
>>  first photo trip to the North Rim, the photos I took using a 24mm
>>  lens,tripod and  a bubble level exhibit a similar slanting horizon. I
>>  guess that the Colorado Plateau is not entirely flat.
>>
>>  Allen
>>
>>  >Steve Barbour wrote:
>>  >
>>  >>http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-43693.html
>>  >
>>  >It looks... well, lopsided.  The horizon doesn't appear to be level.
>>  >And it's a little too contrasty, at least for my monitor: blacks are
>>  >completely black, highlights on mountain face blocked out.
>>  >
>>  >BTW -- is that a human silhouetted in the top right corner?
>>  >
>>  >M.
>>  >
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In reply to: Message from Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com> (Re: [Leica] Grand Canyon,North Rim, Sunday)
Message from Allen Graves <ahgraves@prodigy.net> (Re: [Leica] Grand Canyon,North Rim, Sunday)
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