Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The thing I like about all of these is that you manage to encompass wide areas of landscape without an obvious wide-angle look. I like the first best, I think in that it captures the scale of the scene best. >Well, it turns out that the fall I took damaged the Leica after all. I >tell you, those M bodies are real sissies. You sneeze at them and their >rangefinders go out of whack. They're sturdy cameras ... as long as you >don't need to focus too much. > >As it was, I had the 21/4 Skopar on so it didn't matter much. > >This is an overview. I was on top of one of the cairns (pre-historic). The >glaciers dumped all the boulders here when they stopped. That heather is >treacherous. You don't really know what is under it. > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/album40/04v45_0002 > >The coastal area, plain, is wide and shallow here. > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/album40/04v45_0003 > >Anyone wanting to farm the area has to constantly clear the fields of >boulders. They "grow" here. They work themselves up to the surface >constantly. Farmers clear them away and make fences with them. > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/album40/04v45_0004 > >I was halfway expecting to see Graham down at the end of the road, >hustling away from the cows. > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/album40/04v45_0005 > >Now to find someone to adjust my rangefinder. The screw is a little to >tight for my taste and I don't have a proper screwdriver (you have to do >it at an angle). > >Daniel > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA