Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, Hoppy. Yes, "vernissage" refers to an opening of an exhibition for invited guests only, usually the evening or day before the general opening. I think the word is also in common use in the UK and US at least. Cheers, Nathan On 16-mrt-2007, at 13:28, G Hopkinson wrote: > Nathan, Alternate 2 really appeals to me. Such lovely tones in these. > For us folks that only speak English. Vernissage is preview or > advance viewing???? > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > FSubject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 10: Den Haag,Brussels and a bit > of nostalgia > > Thanks to the miracle of wireless internet, my laptop and the fact > that I have a couple of hours to kill at Geneva airport, I finally > have time to post my week 10 images. The first 3 are from a walk in > The Hague, while the rest are from the same trip to Brussels last > Sunday during which we went to the market. This time I am showing the > pictures from a vernissage we attended, and from the place where we > used to live. > > Incidentally, alternate 6 is a good illustration of the flexibility > of shooting RAW. I had accidentally left the camera on manual (as > opposed to aperture priority which is my standard mode), and as a > result, this particular image was grossly overexposed. But because I > shoot RAW, I was able to bring back the highlights sufficiently to > get a usable image. Had I shot JPEG, this would have been straight > for the trash bin. > > It is all here: > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=74 > > And as always, comments are very much appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog