Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I'm actually not too sure how much of it is natural "lean" and how much is distortion. I even have a few slides where it looks perfectly straight and upright :-) Thanks for taking a look Douglas BTW, I bought one of these things recently: http://tinyurl.com/c8q82u* *I thought it would be a sort of universal level, but it turns out you have to calibrate it every time you put it on a different camera (because the accessory shoes are seldom absolutely level. The thing is amazingly sensitive. An ideal accessory for the Voigtl?nder 12 mm lens.* * Jim Nichols wrote: > Douglas, > > Very nice use of the wide angles. I would guess that it is difficult > to figure out verticals when the shot includes the leaning tower. You > did it nicely. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at > gmx.de> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; > <leicareflex at freelists.org>; "cvug" <cvug at cameraquest.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:44 AM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Street photography - Italy with CV wideangle lenses > > >> Hello all, >> >> I generally stick to things like steam trains and flowers and leave >> street photography to experts like Lluis. >> >> But, today it's snowing again, so I took some time to process some >> old slides (2003) that had terrible colour casts (either old >> stock,bad developing or X-ray machines in Italian airports) and >> decided to use almost every possible option in Lightroom 2.3 and >> convert them to BW in PS. >> >> Hope you like them. Comments and critique more than welcome. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Italy/ >> >> There's even one with a Signorina :-) >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Italy/1Image15-3-Edit.jpg.html >> >> >> >> Technical details: Leica M6 and Minolta CLE + CV 12 and 15 mm lenses, >> shot on Fuji film. >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >