[Leica] IMG: Wales

Sat May 2 07:00:27 PDT 2015

On Bangor, Frank, that's where my US based cousin Donal - also a marine 
biologist - did his training. he was made a Fellow there last year and 
popped over here for a visit. See my other post for images. Your daughter 
might know him.

And yes, I found I could make cheap calls on my Irish mbile in Wales if I 
was up a mountain there too.

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2015 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Wales

> My eldest daughter did her PhD at the University of Wales in Bangor. She 
> went there about 15 years ago and has never returned, settling on 
> Anglesey, getting married and having 3 boys and buying a smallholding to 
> add to her work as a Marine biologist.
> We rarely go anywhere else for holidays both for family reasons and our 
> love of Snowdonia, I have been fell-walking (very much not running…) there 
> for 50 years.
> OTOH I have never thought of Kodachrome as very accurate on greens, and I 
> tend to agree with Douglas that Tina’s scans show “Kodachrome” greens not 
> true “Welsh” greens.
> Anyway, beautiful pictures of a landscape I love.
>
> I go to South Stack if we are visiting during the bird breeding season 
> there. One can see Ireland from there, and if not careful can end up 
> getting an expensive “foreign” mobile phone call since the phone signal 
> strength there from Ireland is stronger than any UK one…
> cheers,
> Frank D.
>
>
>> On 1 May, 2015, at 01:32, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>
>> Fair enough, Gerry, I'm getting old and the old eyes must be playing up! 
>> I've only been over there about fifty or sixty times in all sorts of 
>> weathers and the various shades of green I've seen there over the years 
>> don't match the slightly unearthly glow I saw in the green in Tina's 
>> photo. Where I live is sixty miles across the Irish Sea from Snowdon. I 
>> used to be able to see the summit of Snowdon from the top of Bray Head 
>> beside by old house. Strangely enough, the varying weather is very 
>> similar to, if not the exact same as, Wales!
>>
>> The reasons I went to Wales so many times was because I was involved in 
>> fell running and as a result was out in the mountains there a lot, 
>> particularly in Snowdonia. I'm a life member of the FRA and I have the 
>> latest issue of their magazine "The Fellrunner" on my desk here in front 
>> of me. No unearthly looking greens in the race photos in the mag...
>>
>> Anyway in the general scheme of things, it doesn't amount to a hill of 
>> beans!
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" 
>> <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Wales
>>
>>
>>> Wales is a very wet country and I have seen it like this immediately 
>>> after rain ( which is very often).
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>>
>>> Gerry Walden
>>> 0797 287 7933
>>>
>>>> On 30 Apr 2015, at 15:08, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, you won't like any of the 1040 Kodachromes I just scanned of 
>>>> Wales.
>>>> They are all very green.  Wales is the greenest country I've ever been 
>>>> to.
>>>> I did not adjust the color other than to hit Auto in LR.
>>>>
>>>> If you thought that one was too saturated, you will hate this one:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/159909250
>>>>
>>>> Also unadjusted for color saturation.
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry Tina, the colours don't look natural to me. Those greens are too
>>>>> saturated for Wales.
>>>>>
>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com>
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>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:05 PM
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Wales
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> PESO:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While I'm editing photos from Cuba, my scanner is working on 
>>>>>> Kodachromes
>>>>>> from 1993, a trip to Wales for our anniversary.  We hiked from one 
>>>>>> B&B to
>>>>>> another all over the country.  It was rainy and foggy the whole time, 
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> that's perfect weather for Wales.  Tom had to find places to call his
>>>>>> office:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/159901968
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C&C greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tina
>>>>>>
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