Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/01

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Subject: [Leica] Photos
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Tue Mar 1 03:51:40 2005
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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
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-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

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