Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 01 Sep 2018, at 05:47, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote: > > From our recent cruise to the fjords of Norway, some B&W images converted > from originals taken with Sony A7Rii and 24-70 zoom fitted with polarizer. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Norway/ > <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Norway/> > > Two are from the Nordkapp, North Cape, which Norway bills as the > northernmost point on the European mainland. It?s on the mainland only if > you?re willing to overlook the fact that it?s on Mager?ya Is., which is on > the shallow shelf of the Norwegian mainland mass and is connected to it > with a 6-km tunnel. And it?s the northernmost point only if you?re willing > to overlook the fact that a peninsula 3 km west extends 1.5 km further > north, but isn?t accessible by tour bus or car; you have to hike 10 km. So > Nordkapp is the northernmost point in Europe reachable by road. Asterisk, > asterisk. But undeniably spectacular, unlike its competition. > > The other is from a boat on the Naer?yfjord, Narrow Fjord, a branch far up > the Sognefjord, deep inside Norway. We are just out from the town of > Gudvangen at the head of the Naer?yfjord. In this image, blue-subtraction > during greyscale conversion simulates the effect of a Wratten 29 filter on > blue sky with clouds. > > C&C welcome. > > ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information