Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Another Sin of my Youth
From: lea <lea@whinydogpress.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 08:25:31 -0500
References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010813001552.009fb9c0@pop.2alpha.net>

Very nice shot. Excellent composition and tones. I'm glad you dug it up and
shared.
Lea

Peter Klein wrote:

> Early on a chilly, foggy Boston morning back in the spring of 1972, I went
> on a picture-taking walk with my M2 and 50mm DR Summicron.  I walked around
> Government Center, taking some forgettable pictures of the geometric
> patterns of the plaza.  Then, I came upon the following scene in a nearby
> window well:
>
> http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/oldpics/homeless72.htm
>
> We didn't call them "homeless" then.  The usual terms were "winos" or "bums."
>
> This file is rather big (168 K), but I lost texture in lower JPG
> quality.  If you switch your browser to full screen mode, you can see the
> entire picture on a 1024x768 monitor.  This is also my first time messing
> with levels in Photoshop rather than Irfanview.
>
> --Peter Klein
> Seattle, WA

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