[Leica] IMG: Geometry at the Art Museum

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Sat Aug 25 20:25:48 PDT 2018


Interesting image, Alan.  Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/25/2018 9:05 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
> Today I went to see the exhibition "Photographing Nature's Cathedrals -
> Pictures by Carleton E. Watkins, Edweard Muybridge, and H.H. Bennett" at
> the Milwaukee Art Museum.  These are stereo and 20" x 24" albumen prints
> from glass plate negatives of the Wisconsin River Dells (Bennett) and the
> Yosemite valley in the 19th Century.  The large prints are from the
> American Geographical Society Library collection (housed at my university)
> and I hadn't seen them since I helped make backup publicity copies in the
> 1980's.  They are magnificent.
>
> Anyway, on my way out I took this grab shot.  The mobile was moving and I
> only got one satisfying frame (the first).
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Candids/20180825_MR_MAM_5616.jpg.html
> Fuji X-E2, 35mm Summicron. (the data says 50mm, but I keep forgetting to
> reset the focal length when I switch lenses)



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