Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kathryn and I took a trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum yesterday. She needs to be pushed in a wheelchair when we are out, so I didn't take very many pictures. The arrangement in this alcove just spoke to me. < http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/20250626_MR_MAM_DSF8931.jpg.html > This was a one-exposure grab shot through the large window of the cafe - cropped to about a quarter of the frame. < http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/20250626_MR_MAM_DSF8936.jpg.html > And this is my favorite painting at the Museum. The woman was off to the side and I thought "Shoot before she leaves to at least get a person in the shot", but as I raised my camera she moved right in front. I was at first disappointed, but now I like the symmetry to go with the contemplation of the painting. < http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/20250626_MR_MAM_DSF8937.jpg.html > All with my 50mm f/1.4 Super-Takumar 8-element lens that I've been using since 1968. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer, Emeritus University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amagayneroshak at gmail.com <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt