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Subject: [Leica] Three From the Cape
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:18:31 -0400
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Thanks Jim; Bob.  Light like that brings out my inner Ansel Adams.  :-)  The 
7-14 lens looks terrific so far.  

Regards, 

Dick



On Apr 19, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> Dick,
> 
> While they are all good, the first one is a beauty!  Great clouds!  Just 
> made for B&W.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor at 
> comcast.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 12:02 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Three From the Cape
> 
> 
>> The clouds cleared briefly yesterday morning and we got a hint of the 
>> summer on Cape Cod in the clarity of the air, glints on the water, and 
>> strong sun.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010113.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/y64xgs8
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010121.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/y3j7tx4
>> 
>> Both were taken with the GF-1 and 7-14mm zoom at 7mm.  This lens looks 
>> really good a this focal length and shows no tendency to vignette.  I 
>> added a bit of vignetting to the first picture in processing.   The first 
>> shot is uncropped; the second one slightly cropped.
>> 
>> You've seen this one-footed gull before.  He's quite tame but not quite 
>> tame enough to eat from a hand.  This was also taken at 7mm but is a 
>> tight (100%) crop from the center of the frame.  I was only about four 
>> feet from the gull.  I did not use any sharpening in processing the RAW 
>> file.  The clouds were back by this time and I increased contrast a bit 
>> to liven the shot.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010105.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/y52l6tv
>> 
>> GF-1, 7-14 zoom at 7mm, ISO 100, f5.6 at 1/250th.
>> 
>> C&C always welcome.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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