Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alastair: You're right... and I would have used a different lens for the tanker/tugboat shots but had only brought the 200mm for the isDS. Thanks for the kind words about 7, 9 and 11. Jim Alastair Firkin wrote: >>Not as cold in the Boston area as yesterday but the wind made the 22F >>feel like 5F. It was so cold that I was shaking like Ryan O'Neal at a >>family reunion! >> >>I put my early '60s 200mm Tele-Takumar, the one with a zillion aperture >>blades, onto the isDS today and took a ride to Hull. >> >>Going over the Fore River Bridge, I saw a small tanker coming in so I >>took a few pics of it, along with my childhood beach before continuing >>to Hull and Cohasset. >> >><http://www.hemenway.com/ColdDayShore-02092007/index.htm#14> >> >>I had only the 200mm for the isDS, so as seen with the small tanker, I >>was limited to shooting it in sections. >> >>Whaddya think? > > > Jim, > my first impression is that the 200mm has compressed some of the scenes > too much and confused the subject: this I think is true for the tanker > images, but I love the effect on some especially: 7: 9; and 11. Here the > perspective has really added to the scene selection. They all look like > good records of a fun day > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >