Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe - Thanks for the comments. I haven't tried the second shot in B&W but I'll give it a try. >Nice work, Richard. >I'd keep the first one in colour. >Did you try the second one in B&W? I think it will work very well. >(no tacking duel?) >Last one reminds me of long ago, when I took my first sailing lessons. >Thanks for showing, >Philippe > > >> From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:29:41 -0400 >> To: <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] Late-Season Sailing >> >> September gives cool, brisk winds and beautiful light on Vineyard >> Sound. Here a cruising boat works her way eastward down the Sound >> with the sun behind her. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_05_0087_web >> >> And the same one in B&W which I think works just as well if not better: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_05_0087_bw_web >> >> We race into early October. We were overtaking this boat to weather >> when he decided he wanted no part of that and pinched up to windward >> to keep us from taking his wind. He cleared our bow by about four >> feet. We roared through his lee right after this was taken. Big >> boats go faster than small boats. >> > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_20A_0015_web >> >> I also sail regularly on small boats. Here the boats sneak up behind >> the rock ledge at the entrance to Woods Hole Harbor before heading >> out into the strong opposing current in the passage. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/02_14_0027_web >> >> All were taken with an Olympus Stylus Epic on Fuji Press 400 film. >> Commercial 2K x 3K scans. >> >> Enjoy. Comments welcome, of course. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dick > > Boston MA >> -- Regards, Dick Boston MA