Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Jul 31, 2015, at 5:45 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > > Ah, another LUGger who?s been there! We should get up a reunion for peak > lavender 2016. multiple times, one of my favorite places of all. we may return next year. steve > > ?howard > > >> On Jul 31, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> totally agree, about Senanque and the sony >> >> >> steve >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> Steve Barbour >> >> On Jul 31, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >> >> Peter? >> >> Oh, for heaven?s sake! Where is your house? I?m so envious! If I?d known, >> I?d surely have visited. I like the area so much that I just got back >> from my second visit to the Abbey. The photo is from 2012, when my wife >> and I took an 11-day tour of ?Roman Provence?. And my son and I just >> spent 16 days in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and France. It was >> the partial implementation of a longtime dream vacation for me, to pick >> up a new BMW in Munich and then tour Europe, driving wherever the whim >> takes me. Of course, ideally my traveling companion would be my wife, and >> the trip would be a couple of months, spring into summer or summer into >> fall, but two weeks of father-son bonding was a good trial run. I went >> back to S?nanque both to show Philip the place and to try to catch the >> lavender in bloom. When we were there the first time, it was late May and >> there were no flowers, explaining the green color in the photo. Too early >> for even a hint of lavender color. This trip happened a month later in >> the year, but there was only a disappointing bit of bloom, probably still >> before the peak. Tell me the best time to come next year and I?ll meet up >> if you?re there! >> >> The online reproduction is quite faithful to the original, where the >> stone is indeed a bit washed out, as you can see from where I posted it >> in the Gallery: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/France/ >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/France/> >> >> I took it with my favorite travel-light camera, the Sony NEX-7. I?m not >> sure that any camera would have done better without histogram peeping and >> manual exposure compensation, since the dynamic range extended from the >> shadow side of trees on the left to pale stone facing the noon sun on the >> right, completely filling the histogram. Certainly, I have been mightily >> impressed by the capabilities of the NEX-7, even with the kit zoom, and >> will be first in line to get its full-frame, curved-sensor, 50-MPx >> successor (speculation mine!) Other photos in the album were made with >> the M9. >> >> ?howard >> >> >>> On Jul 31, 2015, at 6:01 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Howard, >>> >>> When were you there? I have a house just a few km away and would have >>> been >>> delighted to meet up if I was down there. >>> >>> You did much better than 2nd - as I read it you tied for first because >>> the >>> judges couldn't decide. >>> >>> C&C: What camera did you use? The stone looks a bit washed out and the >>> lavender >>> looks an unusual shade of green. Is it the same in the original, ie is >>> it their >>> reproduction? >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On 30/07/2015 23:17, Howard Ritter wrote: >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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