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Subject: RE: [Leica] PAW - Week one - Jeffery
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 19:29:54 -0600

Thanks, Marc. It's a good thing I'm switching to B&W. I won't be able to
afford color processing for a while. ;-)

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Marc
> Attinasi
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 7:02 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW - Week one - Jeffery
>
>
> A very nice shot!  The Pastor's wife's face has a very interesting
> expression and a great look. I think I am seeing some digital artifacts
> on the Pastor's face and maybe a tiny bit in the eyes, but aside from
> that the portraits are smooth and nice.  I see what you mean about the
> Nocti-like results in the out of focus areas - not my favorite look, but
> the in-focus parts look very nice.  And XP-2 at 200 is, well, awesome,
> as this picture will attest. You are one lucky fella having such a nice
> camera as that Hexar Limited (covet covet covet)...
>
> - marc
>
> Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
> >This year, I'm going to concentrate on B&W with more people than
> animals or
> >trees. My early PAWs will probably reflect the experimentation with B&W
> >films as I get back into this genre after giving it up in 1984.
> >
> >http://www.jeffery-nola.com/PAW_1.html
> >
> >Week one is more of a lens test and a film test than a piece of art. I
> >photographed my pastor and his wife Christmas Eve after services. I was
> >giving XP2 a try at E.I. 200, and found that I like the results
> with the one
> >stop over-exposure. The image was also a test of a newly acquired 50/1.2
> >Hexanon, which gave very pleasing Noctilux-like results.
> >
> >I also completely redid my web site, with a journal page for
> each image. For
> >those who are interested in the equipment, film, conditions,
> etc., there is
> >a page of writing that will accompany each PAW image this year.
> >
> >Please let me know what you think of (1) the lens, and (2) the film.
> >
> >Jeffery Smith
> >New Orleans, LA
> >
> >
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