Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan, great eye contact with the little boy. It looks like he is chewing a wasp or something equally unpleasant. Anyway it's a great expression. I think alt 1 works best the horizontal format suits it very well. Did you use any filtration such as yellow filter? regards Mark Pope Swindon Wilts, UK http://www.monomagic.co.uk - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 9:24 AM Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 35: Life around the lake shore > This week's four offerings are all snippets of late summer life on the > shores of Lake Zurich. The main picture is of a mother and son eating at > the Imbiss (snack bar) on our local beach, about 500 m from my house. I > had asked the mother if it was OK, the answer was yes, but the kid was > not quite sure about the whole situation: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_35.jpg > (M6, 35mm Summilux ASPH, Delta 100) > > The three alternates are from the neighbouring town, about 2 km away. At > this time of year, every town in Switzerland has an event called Chilbi, > essentially a small-town fair with rides, lots of junk food etc. I think > that the purpose is to make the end of the summer and hence the > beginning of another school year less traumatic for the children. So, > riding my motorcycle home from Zurich, I saw the men setting up the > Ferris wheel in Erlenbach: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_35alt1.jpg > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_35alt2.jpg > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_35alt3.jpg > > All three alternates shot with M6, 24mm Elmarit, on Delta 100. > > I took these pictures on Wednesday or Thursday. The Chilbi runs from > Friday evening until tonight (Monday), and as is apparent, the weather > was beautiful during the week. Unfortunately for the organisers, the > weather rapidly deteriorated beginning Saturday morning and the whole > weekend basically washed away. Today also does not look very promising. > Tomorrow they will take the whole thing down, load it on several trucks > and move on to some other town. > > The complete PAW index is at: > > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > > and comments/critique are always welcomed and appreciated. > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > 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