Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ron, Some truly nice pictures over there to be seen. I love the Holga pictures :) Just one thing: maybe you should bend your knees from time to time and take your photos from a lower point of view: sometimes it gives you a more interesting image. > From: Ron Price <ron-price@curiousrobot.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 02:22:14 -0400 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] My First Leica PAW! (Ron de-lurks) > > Hello, all! > > My name's Ron. I'm an amateur (photographer, that is) in Columbus, OH, USA. > > I've been lurking here for a couple of years now... I think I had one post > when I first started looking at Leicas (and I bought my 35mm Summicron from > Phong here), but I've been silent since. I've been trying to re-dedicate > myself to getting out and shooting, so I've started a PAW project. This week > is the first time since I started where I was shooting with my M6. > > To make my LUG debut all the more nerve-wracking, I had very little (less > than usual, even) to choose from this week. I did, however, learn two > things: > > 1) I am not yet capable of estimating development times for films shot at > ASAs for which I do not have a chart; and > > 2) Even if you underdevelop your film by quite a bit, you can still salvage > an image if you point your camera directly at the sun: > > http://curiousrobot.com/PAWPics/week16.html > > Not much, I know, but the point of this is to make myself do it, post it, > and take my lumps, right? > > The PAW index (three weeks old!) can be found here: > > http://curiousrobot.com/paw2004.html > > And some other stuff of mine is here: > > http://curiousrobot.com/gallery1.html > > Thanks to all who look, comment, or criticize! I hope to hear from some of > you... > > > Seeya, > > Ron > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >