[Leica] Swirling Noctilux...... reply from Shinozuka

[Rei Shinozuka]

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:;>




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