Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice work, Richard. I'd keep the first one in colour. Did you try the second one in B&W? I think it will work very well. (no tacking duel?) Last one reminds me of long ago, when I took my first sailing lessons. Thanks for showing, Philippe > From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:29:41 -0400 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Late-Season Sailing > > September gives cool, brisk winds and beautiful light on Vineyard > Sound. Here a cruising boat works her way eastward down the Sound > with the sun behind her. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_05_0087_web > > And the same one in B&W which I think works just as well if not better: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_05_0087_bw_web > > We race into early October. We were overtaking this boat to weather > when he decided he wanted no part of that and pinched up to windward > to keep us from taking his wind. He cleared our bow by about four > feet. We roared through his lee right after this was taken. Big > boats go faster than small boats. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_20A_0015_web > > I also sail regularly on small boats. Here the boats sneak up behind > the rock ledge at the entrance to Woods Hole Harbor before heading > out into the strong opposing current in the passage. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/02_14_0027_web > > All were taken with an Olympus Stylus Epic on Fuji Press 400 film. > Commercial 2K x 3K scans. > > Enjoy. Comments welcome, of course. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick > Boston MA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >