Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Everything is just so quaint, and the rocking chairs with Jack Daniels just complete that. I am actually shooting a roll of film too this week--I am in Poland visiting my sister, and brought the M8 and assorted lenses, but also the Bessa RM2 for backup, and I am playing around shooting it with the 12mm Voigtlander lens. Cheers, Nathan On 29 Dec, 2011, at 7:06 , Jim Nichols wrote: > I shot a roll of Kodak 200 color in my Leica IIIf using my new to me Canon > 50/1.4 lens, and had it processed to CD at the local Walgreen store today. > This was mainly to see what the lens produced, and, at the same time, > check out the Walgreen processing. I found that, for posting on-line, the > CD resolution is not too bad. Here are some examples: > > Our local credit union started out 60 years ago at Arnold AF Base, and now > has branches all over the mid-state. They recently built a new > headquarters building on a half block site that contained a large drainage > ditch, carrying storm drainage from the north end of the airport. > Landscaping is still underway, but, needless to say, water was a > consideration in all of these efforts. > > Street side view: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Credit+Union+Headquarters.jpg.html > > Front entrance: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fountain+and+Reflections.jpg.html > > A new Sikorsky S-76 passed through today on a factory delivery flight. I > don't know the destination, but all of the placards were in Spanish. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Sikorsky+S-76.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Sikorsky+S-76+Details.jpg.html > > A week or so ago, I came across a Pitts Special S-2B at the gas pump. > Though no longer competitive in the "Open" classification, these little > aircraft can be very challenging to master. They were built especially > for aerobatics. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Pitts+Special+S-2B.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Rear+Seat+Instrument+Panel.jpg.html > > Last is the observation deck, or front porch, of the new airport terminal > building. As you will note, the rockers were donated by a local > manufacturer familiar to most of you. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/The+Observation+Deck.jpg.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > By the way, I am impressed with this lens! > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu