Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last two for me Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 12:55 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I am spending a couple of days in Copenhagen, a business trip for once. I > arrived Wednesday afternoon, did the usual routine of checking into my > hotel, hanging the clothes etc., and then set out to enjoy the city. The > weather was very nice for February. > > I first walked to Halmtorvet, an area next to the meat packing district, > today home to many bars and restaurants. Back in the 1970 and 80s the area > was known mainly for prostitution and drug dealing and using, but things > are different now. There is a park and a lot of new construction, and the > locals are just regular people, like this man with his two dogs: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-BK2QDb4/A > > There was some interesting art, using discarded construction materials as > the canvas: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-HfRLfGP/A > > And a small reminder of the bad old days, a memorial stone to the drug > users who did not make it: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-7RcN55R/A > > I then walked down Str?get, the main pedestrian street, where I ran into a > small group demonstrating in favour of the Canadian terrorists and some > vague, Trumpist notion of ?freedom?. I guess we have idiots here too, both > imported (I heard a lot of Canadian/US English as I walked through the > crowd) and domestic: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vfP7Wpt/A > > Then the magic hour arrived, dusk on the illuminated street. The staircase > just visible in the lower right corner is an expression of a higher > civilisation. It leads to a free public toilet, clean, warm, and impeccably > maintained: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fXxRJC8/A > > A couple by the Stork Fountain on Amagertorv, a square near the end of > Str?get: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4N7ZfrV/A > > Str?get ends at a large round square called Kongens Nytor, where I met up > with my friend Beata, and we had some drinks and a nice dinner at an > Italian restaurant. Late in the evening, I did not feel like walking to my > hotel, so I took the metro instead, which provided me with the last image > of the day: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-LzwpMHV/A > > One unusual (for me) thing about these photos: they were taken with my > Fuji X-E3, and since my laptop which still runs the last standalone version > of LR cannot digest the RAW files generated by this camera, I shot both RAW > and JPEG. These images are the JPEGs; when I get home tonight, I will > reprocess everything based on the RAW files, but I think these are good > enough for a PAD. > > 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 > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information