Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The highlight of Week 33 was the annual Street Parade here in Zurich, a giant street party on a scale that rivals the famous Notting Hill carnival in London. I stayed away from the actual parade, instead concentrating on the people dressed in all sorts of fanciful costumes, often quite sexy, who had no objections whatsoever to being photographed. On the contrary, they seemed flattered by the attention. So, here is a nice S&M couple: http://www.wajsman.com/33alt1.jpg and these two guys are my picture of week 33: http://www.wajsman.com/33.jpg Both shots taken with the M6+50mm Summilux on K64. The following week I was in Denmark and continued my experimentation with the new Maco 820 infrared film. Leica is obviously the ideal camera for IR, since you are not trying to look through a lens with an almost opaque filter on it. I really like this film, as it turns rather mundane scenes into something more interesting. First, a couple of beach scenes south of Copenhagen, the first of which is my picture of week 34: http://www.wajsman.com/34.jpg http://www.wajsman.com/34alt1.jpg And on the way home to Zurich I stopped at the bridge linking the island of Sjælland (which Copenhagen is on) with the island of Farø. I have often photographed this bridge, both in colour and B&W, and the pictures always come out rather dull. But with IR, the sky plays a much more prominent role in the composition, and this is finally a shot that I am not ashamed to show: http://www.wajsman.com/34alt2.jpg All three shots taken with the M3+24mm Elmarit. The complete PAW index is at: http://www.wajsman.com/ Comments welcome and appreciated as always. Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/ General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/