Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] Nobska Light
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Tue Oct 4 06:55:32 2005
References: <p06230913bf678f24e814@131.142.12.152> <9b678e0510031909j6c448736p976b6facf19f4828@mail.gmail.com>

Don - I tried it that way at your suggestion and it is interesting in 
that crop, vis.:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_18_0080_alt_crop_web

I think I still like it better showing the Sound and islands beyond, though.

Some of GeeBee's ominous clouds would certainly spice up the shot. 
Maybe I could work in a narrow-boat, and some ducks in among the 
billows, too.   ;-)


>Richard,
>I think that the third one will work better as a pure abstract. Crop out the
>sea leaving the lighthouse detail and the sky, this will leave a fairly
>strong abstract image. Of course, if you could import some GeeBee ominous
>clouds then it would be even better.
>  0.02
>  Don
>don.dory@gmail.com
>
>  On 10/3/05, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Here are three from last weekend. M7/Fuji Press 400 converted to B&W
>>  in PS/CS. Commercial 2K x 3K scans. Nobska Light is set on a bluff
>>  over looking Vineyard Sound on the south side of Cape Cod,
>>  Massachusetts.
>>
>>  First Nobska light itself (35 f2 ASPH):
>>
>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_web
>>
>>  Vineyard Sound from the light (Current 50 Elmarit):
>>
>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_5_0067_web
>>
>>  Vineyard Sound again (Current 50 Elmarit). The high-key effect was
>>  done in PS/CS from a normally exposed negative.
>>
>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_18_0080_web
>>
>>  Comments encouraged on all, of course, but I'm particularly
>>  interested in hearing whether or not the last photo works. Many
>>  thanks.
>>
>>  --
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Dick
>>  Boston MA
>>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

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