Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Nathan for your appreciation. I did some traveling within your blogs and galleries and boy, this is impressive, the B&W particularly, probably because I like B&W pictures, don't ask me why, because of the skies and atmospheres perhaps. The Swiss pictures appeal to me, of course, I can see we share a few points of interest there.Jean-Michel> From: photo at frozenlight.eu > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:11:20 +0200 > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Introducing myself - with correct link ;-) > > Indeed, many good ones there. I especially enjoyed the colour panorama of > Zurich's Quaibr?cke. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Oct 15, 2011, at 9:53 PM, <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> <philippe.amard at > sfr.fr> wrote: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/ > > > > > > A warm welcome Jean Michel, > > And thanks for joining at long last :-) > > > > > > I am really happy you finally took the plunge and posted, and more than > > this, are now sharing some of your beautiful photographs with us. > > > > > > You'll see that Luggers are a second family, with its moments of > > delight, exhilaration or sadness. > > > > > > I also do hope that you'll abide by Dr Ted's injunctions when the season > > is in for the Lug Book. > > > > > > Lots of experience to be shared here, heaps of sound advice, and such a > > good spirit. > > > > > > Kudos on your gallery - that's a smashing start, lots of goodies :-) > > Is that you with the red scarf? > > It should go right up to Steve's gallery. > > > > > > Amiti?s de Mutz - Nothern Cataluna ;-) > > Philippe, who now feels way less lonely as a fr.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tous vos emails en 1 clic avec l'application SFR Mail sur iPhone et > > Android - En savoir plus. > > > > > > ======================================== > > > > Message du : 15/10/2011 21:04 > > De : "Jean-Michel Mertz " <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> > > A : imagestore at leica-users.org, "lug LEICA USERS ORGANISATION" <lug > > at leica-users.org> > > Copie ? : > > Sujet : [Leica] Introducing myself > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone,I have registered at the LUG mailing list + gallery a few > > days ago and posted a few pictures to > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/thanks to Philippe Amard > > who very gracefully informed me of the challenging topics and exciting > > pictures shared by LUG members. I started taking pictures back in ... > > 1964 with a rangefinder camera (an Ansco I believe it was), then I > > bought a Minolta X-1 and finally switched to Leica gear (M6, IIIc, M8). > > I have done some lab work a few years ago, this is probably why I don't > > believe, for the time being, in bringing too many changes to the > > pictures I take. I have no favourite themes I would work on for days but > > the way the light transforms the world I live in is something I like to > > capture - modestly! The reason why there are many pictures of the US in > > my album is because I have family there - as well as in Switzerland, a > > wonderful country for picture taking.I live in Strasbourg, in the east > > of France, close to the German > > and Swiss borders. A special thank you to Geoff Hopkinson who gave me > > some very sound advice before I decided to move from film to digital > > picture taking. I hope I'll be able to keep up with the email volume I > > get ... almost every second! Thank you for your comments and ideas - I'm > > still in the learning process. Jean-Michel (Mertz) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information