Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Unless you are truly pulling my leg (that is to say," kidding me," or maybe I should say having a jest at my expense), this is a wonderful example of the kind of problem that doomed the NASA Mars mission a few years ago. That was English-Metric unit confusion, this is punctuation differences, but the effect is the same. Indeed 6'5" (American) = 6 feet 5 inches or about 195 cm; 6,5" European) = 6 and one-half inches or about 16.3 cm. >how much is 6,5" in centimetres ??? >----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard S. Taylor" ><r.s.taylor@comcast.net> >To: <lug@leica-users.org> >Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 5:22 PM >Subject: [Leica] Photo Books and a New PAW > >>Had to be away awhile due to pressures elsewhere and am just now >>getting caught up. Sorry to have missed the discussion on Sontag. >>I don't intend to reopen it other than to say that her book, >>whatever its failings, was the first one to make me question what I >>was doing with my photography. >> >>Another book that was really helpful in those days was one by Ralph >>Hattersley who, as I remember, advised as a learning tool "one >>camera, one lens (50 mm), one film (Tri-X), and get as close as you >>dare." I wish I still had his book. It was called "Discover Your >>Self Through Photography." It got trashed in one of my regular >>library purges. >> >>In any case, I've decided to start a PAW. I will post weekly but >>since I tend to photograph in bursts, the photos will of necessity >>be recent but not necessarily from last week. >> >>These will be the first "people" pictures I've posted. Given my >>size (6'5") it's a bit hard to be stealthy, but I do try street >>candids from time-to-time. Both were taken in York UK last summer >>with an Olympus C-60 and converted to B&W in Photoshop. >> >>Photo 1 >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/2005-PAW/P7040043_web >> >>Photo 2 >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/2005-PAW/P7040022_web >> >>Comments and criticisms welcome as always. >>-- >>Regards, >> >>Dick >>Boston MA >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA