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Subject: [Leica] Don's PAW week 40 random shots of Germany
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Oct 15 15:30:11 2006
References: <9b678e0610150712h474b3b1fqa4d12e518aa6427f@mail.gmail.com> <C4CB9CA1-7E03-4C8B-A781-B56A50F604E8@mindspring.com>

Ric,
The cathedral shot was during a very gray day that spattered off and on so
it is just the 15mm hyperfocal focused.

The reader gave me one shot as he got up and walked on after this shot.

Thanks for taking a second to comment.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 10/15/06, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> I'm REALLY  impressed by the detail you got out of the front of the
> cathedral, especially in the first. It looks like it was back-lit.
> Nice shots.
>
> The kid in the fountain is a nice catch. Did you get further left on
> the reader so that no background is seen through the columns. Don't
> know if it would work, but I kept thinking about it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ric
>
>
> On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:12 AM, Don Dory wrote:
>
> > I finally had time to scan some of the images from the LHSA trip.
> > These
> > first images will be from my random walks around the various cities
> > I was
> > in.  First up is the front of the Koln Dom:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/album337/PAW+40/
> > kolndomcouple.jpg.html
> >
> > Second is an apprentice learning stone carving at the Wetzler Dom:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/album337/PAW
> > +40/15mmwetzlardomcraftman.jpg.html
> >
> > Third, children are the same the world over.  Did you ever wonder
> > why most
> > bronze statues have shiny noses?
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/album337/PAW+40/
> > berlingirlstatuealexanderpl.jpg.html
> >
> > Fourth, I was fascinated by the old and new on Museum Island in
> > Berlin.  The
> > columns and deck chairs just invited lurking:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/album337/PAW+40/
> > berlinmuseumislandreader.jpg.html
> >
> > Fifth, walking around Koln you realize just how big a cathedral can
> > be:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/album337/PAW+40/
> > kolnbaunhaufcathedral.jpg.html
> >
> > Last, another image of the Dom but from across the river:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/album337/PAW+40/
> > Kolnboyshoesstuffedbear.jpg.html
> >
> > Enjoy the traveloge, complain, crit, or push the shutter release
> > yourself,
> > enjoy the crisp fall weather unless you are in Buffalo NY in which
> > case
> > enjoy the snow.
> >
> > Don
> > don.dory@gmail.com
> >
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In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Don's PAW week 40 random shots of Germany)
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