Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He's still kicking! I switched to the digest version of LUG which means I do miss some topics of interest. For a while my eyesight was iffy, making photography challenging but the cataract surgery has helped. I was in Greece last month for my good friend's daughter's wedding, and I did pack the M9 and M8. Greece experienced a serious heatwave while we were there, so I wasn't out and about as much with the gear as I would have otherwise been. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/greece2017/ All the M9 images were taken with the Noctilux which is still my go-to lens. I used to favor a 5-6ft distance where the Noctilux's optical idiosyncrasies were in full evidence--but no one in my family lets me get that close anymore. A Heliopan 8x ND allows f1.0 on even bright days. The M8 pictures were all taken with 21 Lux and Heliopan Series 8 Infrared RG 715 (88A) Filter--I'm still fascinated by the novelty of IR and the idea of exploiting the M8's design limitation as a virtue. Not a cloud in the Aegean or Ionian sky, which is a pity because clouds always make IR images pop. The images are what you'd imagine ancient aliens might have left behind on the planet Mars. I confess the iPhone has reached a level of quality where I do use it to excess. (Forgive some of the over-processed images--the manipulations looked good on the iPhone!) I have no explanation for why I've gravitated to the square format for iPhone images except perhaps that I miss using the Rollei and Hasselblad. -rei ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Frank Filippone* <red735i at verizon.net <mailto:red735i at verizon.net>> Date: Sunday, July 23, 2017 Subject: [Leica] Swirling Noctilux...... To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>> I found the name of the person that took the swirling leaves shot, then I found his Website.. Then finally I found the images I remember.. http://www.shinozuka.org/200110autumnlux2/index.html <http://www.shinozuka.org/200110autumnlux2/index.html> Wonder what happened to Rei? Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net <javascript:;> _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information