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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 29: Garden and work
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun Jul 31 07:20:35 2005
References: <42EBFF7A.2050807@planet.nl> <9b678e050730184970ed019a@mail.gmail.com> <42EC76CD.7020109@planet.nl>

Hi Nathan... sounds like a perfect spot to go to very early on a  
Sunday morning, and especially on a day that you are not working...

these photos that you accomplished just around home, show you to be a  
master photographer... noticing/seeing many  things and making the  
very most out of what you see...


my hat off to you...Steve


On Jul 30, 2005, at 11:59 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Thanks, Don. And I think your suggested changes would improve the  
> image. I might play with it some more--these are the kind of  
> adjustments I used to make in the wet darkroom, and so they are  
> also kosher in Photoshop according to my self-imposed rules of  
> digital imaging.
>
> The place in question is really frustrating. The motorway on which  
> I drive to work every day traverses this bridge. Sometimes I  
> approach it and the light is great; but to get a decent vantage  
> point where it is also safe to stop I have to take the nearest exit  
> and drive for 3-4 km to the shore of the river. By the time I  
> arrive at the spot, the light may have changed completely. On a  
> couple of occasions I have considered just pulling over in the  
> emergency lane on the motorway and snapping from there...
>
> Thanks again for looking and commenting.
>
> Nathan
>
> Don Dory wrote:
>
>
>> Nathan,
>> The last one is the best of the bunch for me:
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_29alt5.jpg
>> I suspect it is my monitor but it seems to need just a little bit of
>> pop in the clouds to the left of the god ray.  If I was still  
>> printing
>> in the dark room some grade 1 or 2 for the upper right of the image
>> and some grade 4 for the clouds to the left part of the bridge.   
>> Minor
>> quibbles though, a really strong image and congratulations for taking
>> the time to stop, find a vantage point, and shoot a really good shot.
>> Don
>> don.dory@gmail.com
>> On 7/30/05, Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> Work has been very hectic the last couple of weeks, so I am a bit  
>>> behind
>>> in posting, and have not had time to go to exciting places. So,  
>>> for week
>>> 29 you get some pictures from my garden, and then a couple from my
>>> commute to work.
>>>
>>>
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> -- 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
>
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