Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shot Nathan, Makes me feel good that a 40 year old lens can still take a great shot like that! Scott > On Mar 16, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > Nice image. But, as a hearing-aid user, I immediately noticed his right > ear. Did someone stick their chewing gum in his ear? > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > >> On 3/16/2014 2:38 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> This morning I had to take my wife to our office where she was meeting up >> with members of our ski club for a week of skiing in Andorra. After >> dropping her off, I went for an early Sunday walk in the centre of >> Alicante. Not many people out and about at 9:30 a.m. but I like a city in >> the morning, I took this picture of a statue of a mayor of Alicante in >> the 19th century, using my 40 year old 50mm Summilux at full aperture, >> i.e. 1.4. I know that there are modern lenses that are better, but look >> at this; the sharpness, the bokeh...no wonder it is my favourite lens: >> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3125406433&k=Mv3Tnz7&lb=1&s=O >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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