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Subject: Re: [Leica] New London photos
From: "Nathan Wajsman (private)" <nathanw@bluewin.ch>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:08:10 +0100
References: <a0106000d-1023-13B2B412564011D7A1EF003065C7DF66@[10.0.1.2]>

Thanks for looking and the kind words, Adam! Some specific replies to 
your point below:

Adam Bridge wrote:

>>http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=214680
> 
> Row 1 Column 3 - why is the room so misty? Is this a filter effect?

No, not a filter effect. This is an effect I often get with Agfa Scala, 
especially when the slide is dark and therefore needs a strong levels 
adjustment in Photoshop.

> 
> Row 2 Column 2 - boy I like this photo. Must remember to shoot on rainy nights,
> assuming we ever get any.

Smiling smugly as you wrote this, I bet :-)

> 
> I like the Milenium Bridge a lot - dark sky and light foreground are always
> wonderful

Yes. This is one of the few photos where I used a filter (red).

> 
> Near the Barbicon - so many different lines of convergence.

That is what attracted me--I just waited for a few minutes for a lone 
human figure.

> 
> Whitely Dept Store - I enjoy this one and yet there is something that disturbs
> the composition for me, I can't say what quite yet. Perhaps the way the
> verticals curve a bit. Not sure. But I keep LOOKING at it...
> 
> Thanks for sharing these. 

And thanks for looking!

Nathan


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