Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 10/3/05 7:49 AM, "SonC@aol.com" <SonC@aol.com> typed: > Last week there was a power failure a couple nights after Rita, but > luckily > it was only a transformer. I went out M 6 and Noctilux in hand, and shot > a > few frames. I think it was about 1/15th. The sun was down, I focused on > the > wires as I could not see the man clearly (no chance of viewfinder flare in > these conditions!) No street lights nearby, only the afterglow in the > western sky, and the flashers on the two trucks. This was the only frame > that was > steady enough to work with. The scan was done on a Nikon 5000ed > > http://www.sonc.com/f1_and_be_there2.htm > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > I would have left the blue in. I like "middle grey blue" sometimes for stuff like this. Which I do do. You know the birdies on the wires. When the sun goes down sometimes that's about all that's left. ESTRAGON: I remember the maps of the Holy Land. Coloured they were. Very pretty. The Dead Sea was pale blue. The very look of it made me thirsty. That's where we'll go, I used to say, that's where we'll go for our honeymoon. We'll swim. We'll be happy. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/