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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hoppy on Kangaroo Island part three
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Sun Jul 15 22:41:03 2007
References: <200707151528.l6FFNq6M043292@server1.waverley.reid.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20070715220904.00c1c770@mail.2alpha.com>

Hi Peter, yes greatly downsampled for the web, of course and have suffered. 
You should see them on a lightbox.
It is very fine grain slide film (Provia or Velvia) and scanned at 4000dpi 
16 bit. I've gone down to a fifth to a sixth of the full
scan resolution and 8 bit jpgs of course. Drop me a line off-list and I'll 
organise a higher res pic for you. 
Yes, the rock in those Remarkable Rocks is granite. KI was formerly part of 
the mainland and Aus is a very old and weathered
continent indeed. The island also has a large amount of limestone in one 
area. Huge drifts of sand accumulated kilometres in from
the coast over a long period and there is a spectacular and extensive cave 
area that I have not shown. It extends for many
kilometres underground and has never been fully plotted. 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Peter Klein
Sent: Monday, 16 July 2007 15:17
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Hoppy on Kangaroo Island part three

Hoppy:  I am really enjoying your Kangaroo Island photos. Those eroded 
rocks are amazing, and the Roos are *cute*.  The scans might be a little 
too low-res, or reduced too much for the Web.  I can sometimes see where 
the detail stops even on the screen, and I want to see lots of detail in 
such magnificent landscapes.

Note to self:  If I ever get to Oz, this looks like a place to visit.

Is the island volcanic?  This shot
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/c_001/KI+23.jpg.html

looks like a huge lava flow that hit the ocean and has since eroded into 
beaches.  And is that a seal-rock or a penguin rock in the foreground?  :-)

--Peter


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