Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And congratulations for sticking with it for the past 26 weeks. Many have fallen by the wayside, and I'm just now getting to removing the bodies from my PAW links page. I like the content of the main best (could be a magazine ad image for something) and the technical quality of the guys in the park. The main seems distorted to me (gee, that can happen with a 15mm?). Was the couple aware that you were shooting them? You must have been close enough to smell their breath. Jeffery At 12:17 AM 6/30/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Whew, it's the half way point for the PAW. It's been a long time since I've >had this much fun. This week is some more from Manhattan while I was at the >NYLUG. The first selection is in Grand Central Station where I sniped with >the 15mm Heliar. This can be a great lens for street shooting. > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=849123 > >The first alternate is from the Manhattan branch of the NY public library. >In the main reading room it is just like the movies. Benches with little >lights and computers extend far into the distance. Again, the 15mm, shot by >visualizing what the lens would cover, pause, press the shutter, and move >on. If you can stand the wait, this image looks better the bigger it is as >the detail stretches on and on. > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=849127 > >Last for this week is two gentlemen having a pleasant Friday night in the >park doing what most young men do in public places. This time the 50 DR in >the middle apertures. > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=846770 > >Thanks for looking and all comments, complaints, M7's, and rapidwinders >cheerfully received. > >Don >dorysrus@mindspring.com > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html