Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neal your collection must be very impressive to view at close hand. For this photo I think you could afford to have richer tone/contrast and some more separation from the background illustration? No doubt Mr Lincoln would have much preferred a lot more separation ;-) Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 7 April 2012 17:38, Neal Friedenthal <neal at photoneal.com> wrote: > This week's firearm is an example of one of the most infamous firearms of > the Civil War period. When ever I do a presentation on the Civil War for a > school I ask the question, "What firearm fired the most devastating shot of > the Civil War?". The answer is this diminutive arm, a pocket pistol made > by Henry Deringer of Philadelphia. It was a pistol similar to this that > John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. > http://gallery.leica-users.**org/d/247026-2/deringer+_1+of+**1_.jpg<http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/247026-2/deringer+_1+of+1_.jpg> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >