[Leica] Grafton Regis Northamptonshire #3

[lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III)]

First real post to LUG although I've been following things here
for a couple of weeks and recognize a few names from the
Leica Forum.

Graham,

Have enjoyed a number of your earlier posts and like this one
particularly because I'm fascinated by narrowboats and think
the composition of this one is just superb. Only know a little
of your county near Rockingham Castle where I had lunch in
2002, but failed to realize how much lovely countryside you
have there. Never enough time when I visit the U.K...

Ted,

You must be right because narrowboats do not come along
that frequently, unless you have the patience of Job, which I
don't. They also move pretty quickly when you are trying to
shoot them. <http://gallery.leica-users.org/album24/LUG5?full=1>
In this case, I managed only two frames, and the first was the
best because the boat had travelled along side the moored
one in seconds and spoiled the shot. This was taken near
Wrenbury, Cheshire last month just an hour before sunset.
MP .58, 35/f2.0 ASPH, Royal Supra 200 Professional. Hope
you enjoy my amateur effort, even though on this occasion I
lacked Graham's influence and failed to conjure the clouds! :-)

William

William G. Lamb, III
Land Rover Specialist



At 11:55 PM 07/27/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Grafton Regis Northamptonshire #3
>
>
> > Graham Battison showed:
> > Subject: [Leica] Grafton Regis Northamptonshire #3
> >
> >
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/Leica/Grafton_Regis_03.htm<<
> >
> >
> > OK Graham now I've got yer number good buddy! :-)
> > I finally found out how you do these scenics so well all the time. ;-)
> >
> > You walk along a river bank or farm field, decide the scene is close to
> > being right, then cue the actors and whatever items required to make the
> > scene perfect.
> >
> > "OK cue the boat and the fisherman. Boat skipper make sure you go slow to
> > give the fisherman time to look like he's been there all day."
> >
> > And for the final touch? That's when you say..." OK God the cloud effects
> > now! Not too much, just enough to create that nice soft English
>countryside
> > look. :-)
> >
> > Meanwhile you stand back and wait, boat floats into right positon, God
> > whiffs in the soft gentle light clouds, and you go click click! Producing
> > another winning countryside pictorial master piece! ;-)
> > ted
> >
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>-----------------------
>Hi Ted,
>
>You certainly got the God part right except that he supplied it all. When I
>see something like that I think to myself what a lucky so and so I am to
>walk into a scene like that. Thanks for looking :-)
>
>--Graham
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