Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, I like Nobska with the fisheye a lot.... I might have been tempted to bring the fence even closer. On the other hand, that's what works on the Rolleipic, too. I'm usually skeptical of ultrawides, but these seem not to be shot for effect, but for their descriptive powers. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 6:15 PM Subject: [Leica] Lighthouses again, there must be something wrong with me. > Richard: > > Thanks for the kind words about my photo. Boston Light is about 2 miles > from where I was standing and the distant lighthouse, The Graves is > almost 3.5 miles. > > After seeing your photos from Nobska a few weeks ago, I decided drive > down there to try some with the 11x14 last Thursday. > > The sun was in and out, the winds were blowing hard, gusts to 40 mph and > there was a mist of dried salt spray in the air. So... I left the 11x14 > in the car and took these quickly with the tiny cameras and then > hightailed it out of there. > > http://www.hemenway.com/Nobska/ > > Jim > > > Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >> This is a terrific shot of Graves and Boston Lights. That's one nasty >> rock strewn run of water between the two and not something I'd like to >> run if the two lighthouses were really as close at they look in this >> photo. >> >> Also really liked the dramatic IR foliage shots. It's always interesting >> to see someone else's view of territory I know so well. >> >> >>> A little larger: >>> http://www.hemenway.com/Takumar1000/images/05-Takumar1000-200.jpg >>> >>> Jim >>> > ) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information