Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]24 mm is a great focal length but to be used to best advantage it really needs to be used on an SLR, as you've done. Have fun with it. Great shot. >In a message dated 2/27/2005 2:19:25 PM Central Standard Time, >r.s.taylor@comcast.net writes: >Gene - This is an interesting shot. I like the detail you've >captured in the low doors and arches and the way the left tower fades >off in the mist. Having shot quite a few pictures of this cathedral >myself, and not been very happy with the results, this one shows how >I might have done it. Was it taken with a very wide lens? 21mm, >maybe? > >(snip) >>http://www.leica-gallery.net/k1gd/image-80189.html > > >Thanks for the comment. It was taken with my 24mm Elmarit R and my R8. >This >is such a massive structure, and it is indeed a tough subject to get on >film. > I took about 2 rolls of it, and this so far is my favorite for the same >reasons, the detail and the tower fading into the mist. I bought the 24 >just >before leaving for Germany and Poland and this was its first real >trial. I think >it was a good purchase. Now to learn how to use it better. > >Gene >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA