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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 23 & 24: More Amsterdam and Seville
From: alex at vanhulsenbeek.com (Sander van Hulsenbeek)
Date: Sun Jun 13 08:05:23 2004
References: <40CC2AF5.7E03406B@chello.nl>

Very nice Nathan! I do find 23.jpg more 'focused' than the 23alt, which
gives the eye less rest.
How did you can the Agfa Scala? I still find it a difficult film to scan, 
although it was reported to be conceived for easy scanning.
Sander
Amsterdam
Holland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <n.wajsman@chello.nl>
To: "LEG (new)" <leica@freelists.org>; "LUG" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 12:22 PM
Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 23 & 24: More Amsterdam and Seville


> Since these are the two places between which I divide my time, the
> pictures from the last 2 weeks reflect that. 
> 
> First, week 23. I went to see the World Press Photo exhibit in
> Amsterdam. As is usually the case, the selection of images was dominated
> by various conflicts, and the images were consequently quite strong, as
> evidenced by the serious manner in which people looked at them:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_23.jpg
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_23alt1.jpg
> (both of these with M6, 35mm Summilux, on Agfa Scala)
> 
> The second alternate is either a piece of garbage or something very
> deep--you decide. I normally commute by motorcycle this time of year,
> but one morning I had to take the car. This is what the commute looks
> like in a car on the A1 motorway near Amsterdam. Notice the motorcyclist
> coming up to pass between the lanes--this is precisely why I like to
> commute on motorcycle...
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_23alt2.jpg
> (CL, 40mm Summicron, Provia 400F)
> 
> For week 24 we go south to Seville. I was in my neighbourhood
> supermarket and saw this cute dog waiting for its owner at the entrance:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_24.jpg
> 
> Then the owner came along and I realised that I had photographed her and
> a friend on a city street back in October! So I asked to photograph her
> again, and she said sure, but first she had to check if she looked
> allright--this is what she is explaining here:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_24alt1.jpg
> 
> Once she was satisfied with her appearance, this picture resulted:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_24alt2.jpg
> 
> The following evening I was eating dinner outside in the balmy
> temperatures. One of the attractions of doing that is that you can enjoy
> the various sights of the city:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_24alt3.jpg
> 
> All week 24 pictures with my most basic outfit: CL, 40mm Summicron,
> Tri-X.
> 
> The complete PAW index is at:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2004.html
> and as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
> 
> Nathan
> -- 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
> 
> e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl
> Mobile: +31 630 868 671
> 
> General photo site: http://www.nathanfoto.com/index.html
> Seville photos: http://www.fotosevilla.com/index.html
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