Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]img242a is my favorite. Thanks!! On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > Each morning while we were there we would walk out across the islands > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img210a.jpg.html > which we had reached, of course, by Mokoro: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img242a.jpg.html > for which there was ample parking space: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img446a.jpg.html > > These little water craft can even be used to access the washing to > retrieve it: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img451a.jpg.html > and to sneak up on critters: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img920a.jpg.html > I had to change from a 75 mm lens to a 35 mm lens just to fit this big > fella in the frame. My mokoro poler made all sorts of small but > frantic gestures when I got out onto the bank and slowly got closer > and closer. The elephant never knew I was there, and walked away a > few seconds later. I was probably lucky to have the breeze in my face. > > Leica MP and M7, 35/1.4 asph, 50/2 Hexanon, yellow filter, Plus-X and > Tri-X in Xtol 1+3. > > Comments etc welcome. > > Thanks, > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]