Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am posting this week's PAW with some trepidation, since these are the first pictures I have posted which are made with my newly acquired Canon 10D and a 17-35mm Sigma lens (I received the camera last Monday). Actually, I don't mean the part about trepidation. Either the pictures are good or they are not, regardless of the equipment used. So...I was in Copenhagen on a brief holiday last week, and most unusually for Denmark, the weather was beautiful the whole time. I therefore apologize in advance for some of the blue sky visible in the pictures :-) My son and I took a boat ride around the harbour of Copenhagen. This is a standard 1-hour tourist thing, but we had a cute guide (there is also a self-portrait in there): http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_31.jpg On Str?get, the main pedestrian street in Copenhagen, I spotted this little boy waiting for his mother outside a lingerie shop. At first he was a bit unsure about the situation: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_31alt1.jpg but then he decided that a woman in bikini is, after all, interesting: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_31alt2.jpg These two hip women are one of these grab shots that are so easy to do with digital--I did not actually raise the camera to my eye: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_31alt3.jpg Another grab shot (although I did aim properly here). Netto is a local supermarket chain using a logo with a small terrier. I therefore could not resist this scene: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_31alt4.jpg And last but not least. I was in Copenhagen to visit my father whose life has not been particularly joyous since my mother died 3 years ago. One evening we went to Nyhavn, a street in central Copenhagen known as the longest bar in the world, to have a beer and enjoy the weather. This shot is special to me because I very rarely see my father so unabashedly happy as here: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_31alt5.jpg Also, all the images were shot at ISO 100 except the last one, which was at ISO 800. When I look at the full PS image, I can only conclude that this Canon is superior to anything I have shot on color film (negative or slide) at this speed. The complete PAW index is at: http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2004.html and comments and critique are always welcome and appreciated. Nathan -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Mobile: +31 6 30 868 671 General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com