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Subject: [Leica] Africa 2009 photos
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:14:50 -0400
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Marty
Those are tremendous photographs I really like them a lot. All with a 50???
Some look distinctly wider.

All best, and do post more of them.

Vince

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Thanks everyone.
>
> The grain is partly because the film was x-rayed over 20 times
> before and after it was exposed but before it was developed and sat at
> over 40 C for protracted periods before and after being shot.  There
> just wasn't any way around it.
> This also meant that the films required more sharpening than I would
> want to give it.  These are a mixture of scans of negs and prints; I
> used an Epson 4870, also meaning that the neg scans required more
> sharpening that the scans would get if they were from a machine that
> scans negs better, like a Coolscan 5000.
>
> I didn't shoot much colour at all, most of the time I just had my MP
> and a 50 with me.  One of the hazards of shooting and working at the
> same time.
>
> Marty
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Marc Dufour <foto at marcdufour.net> 
> wrote:
> > Beautiful set, Marty.
> > And beautiful skies and clouds.
> > 193, 312, and specially 299 work for me.
> > Did you took someone in color?
> > Thanks for sharing,
> > Marc
> >
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: lug-bounces+foto=marcdufour.net at leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+foto <lug-bounces%2Bfoto>=marcdufour.net@
> leica-users.org] En nombre de Marty
> > Deveney
> > Enviado el: domingo, 11 de abril de 2010 6:05
> > Para: Leica Users Group
> > Asunto: [Leica] Africa 2009 photos
> >
> > After delays due to considerable monitor grief, here are the first few
> > photos from our trip to Africa last year.
> >
> > Plus-X and Tri-X in Xtol 1+3, Leica MP and Hexanon 50/2, yellow filter.
> >
> > South Africa had great clouds while we were there.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/South+Africa/
> >
> > Comments welcome, of course.
> >
> > More soon,
> >
> > Marty
> >
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