[Leica] IMG: Maloca

[johnbeeching at gmail.com (John Beeching)]

Dear All,

Thanks for the appreciation.

Marty, this is not the asph, but the previous one (series IV?).  The problem
may be due to the extreme light range (shafts of equatorial sunlight and
dark shadows beneath the trees) and shooting nearly wide open as Gustavo
waved his arms around.

John

On 7 December 2010 08:56, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:

> These are great John.  This one:
> http://www.johnbeeching.com/maloca/album/slides/10-40-14-L1-F1.html
> and the next shows exactly what I personally don't like about the 35
> asph lenses: over rapid transition to out of focus and nasty OOF
> rendition - but they are still great shots.
>
> Thanks for showing,
>
> Marty
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Frank Dernie
> <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > Fabulous.
> > Every now and again we have a jewel!!!!
> > FD
> >
> > On 6 Dec, 2010, at 21:09, John Beeching wrote:
> >
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> This summer I spent four weeks in Colombia, one week working and the
> >> remainder visiting the extended family or travelling with my immediate
> >> family - wife, eight year old son and father-in-law.  Photographic
> >> opportunities were not abundant as security concerns restrict the kind
> of
> >> street photography I normally do.  However, in Amazonas we were able to
> be a
> >> bit freer.  As a plant scientis,t with research interests in cassava, I
> was
> >> delighted to come across the local production of farinha.  Of more
> general
> >> interest, we were invited by an indian community leader, Gustavo, to
> visit
> >> his maloca in the forest.  Getting there was quite an adventure as our
> >> driver dropped us where the 4x4 could get no further and we had to wait
> for
> >> a guide to lead us through to the maloca - an enormous communal house in
> a
> >> clearing.  There after being refreshed with some home made chicha we
> were
> >> taken to the river, during the walk Gustavo waxed lyrical about plants,
> the
> >> indian's relationship with nature and the destructive nature of the
> white
> >> man - in his enthusiasm he kept slipping out of Spanish into his own
> >> language, which made it difficult to follow.  In the river Gustavo and I
> sat
> >> up to our necks in the water sorting the world's problems out while my
> >> little boy swam with his grand-daughter.  Back at the Maloca we were
> offered
> >> his powdered tobacco (snuff) blown up our nostrils through a bone tube,
> I
> >> reciprocated by blowing it up Gustavo's - my son did not like it.  Then
> we
> >> each had a spoonful of powdered coca leaves with ash, by which time
> lunch
> >> was ready - grilled fish wrapped in banana leaves and plantains,
> accompanied
> >> with cassava bread, all washed down with home-made lemonade.  While the
> food
> >> was delicious, my father in law and I drank out of politeness, my son
> out of
> >> thirst, but my wife did not; wisely, as 24 hours later the men were
> rather
> >> unwell!
> >>
> >> http://www.johnbeeching.com/maloca/album/index.html
> >>
> >> The photos:  35mm, Tri-X, Xtol.  C & C welcome.
> >>
> >> I am always slightly amused when I read on this forum enquiries about
> what
> >> equipment to take on travels: How many bodies?  Lenses?  Digital and
> film?
> >> Tripod?  Etc.?  More often than not I just take my M6 with the 35mm
> >> Summicron in a bum-bag (fanny-bag) round my waist - light, secure and
> >> inconspicuous, and no back problems!
> >>
> >> Yours,
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Beeching
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> >>
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