Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> As any parent with children will tell you, the closing weeks of the > school calendar contain many activities. This week brought end of the > year concerts, honors assemblies, graduation practice, and finals. The > first image is from the honors assembly. I was stationed to catch the > grip and grin part of the assembly and kept noticing this possibility. > As it turns out she is a full member of the Atlanta Ballet so it is no > wonder perfection is reached. So, with admission of blatant theft of > Animal's vision: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album23/legs > > The second image this week comes from the end of the year concert. > Unlike most young adults, my daughter's musical group is part of a > larger outreach to inner city children that may not have access to > music, dance, and drama. Like most performances, the participants need > to get to the performance early which left me some walk about time. > Across the street from the entrance to the concert hall I found this > scene: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album23/courtofappealsversII_001 > > With a little more walk about time, around the corner, I found this last > image. Urban environments are so rich in their imagery, smells, and > sounds. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album23/sleeperinalley > > All images shot on Neopan 1600. I was using my M3 and the Jupiter 50mm > F1.5 lens. The exception is the legs image which is on the 85mm > Jupiter. It is wonder that Leica survived the Zeiss onslaught of lens > design. > > Comments always welcome. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > Wonderfull luckily my wife,s away on a trip otherwise i might be in trouble comparing legs the whole evening. simon