Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/02

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Subject: [Leica] The Gates
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Wed Mar 2 12:55:05 2005
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The great lawn looking south and San Remo are my picks: I also like 
"Blue". I like the first because it combines the "city" with the 
exhibition, and gives a good flavour of the size of the "art".

On 01/03/2005, at 2:35 PM, Max Weisenfeld wrote:

> Here are the first pictures from the day the kids and I spent at 
> Christo's The Gates in Central Park.
>
> We went in on a weekday, and the park was fairly empty.
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80432.html
>
> The sky was overcast.  The light was a little hazy.
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80480.html
>
> By the time we got to the Belvedere Castle in the middle of the park, 
> though, the sun broke through.
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80441.html
>
> The installation was not like anything I had ever experienced before.  
> It was all around you.  It called attention to itself, but it also 
> made you look at the familiar landscape of the park in a new way.
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80436.html
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80434.html
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80437.html
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80431.html
>
> Everyone seemed to have a camera.
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80439.html
>
> It made me think about color.
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80435.html
>
> We're sad it's gone now.
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/image-80481.html
>
> All images scanned from negatives on my new handy-dandy Epson 3170 
> Photo. This is my first attempt at scanning color at home, and at 
> using PS -- most snaps here have some levels and unsharp mask 
> tinkering.
>
> Comments encouraged.
>
> Max
>
>
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Alastair


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