Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan - Thanks for the warm welcome. After looking at it again today, I think your suggestion to crop the image is correct. If I have time I will try that tonight and post the cropped version. Thanks, Ed Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Ed and welcome. It is always nice to see new faces here. Of the > images you posted, the last one "Heading for the Hills" is my > favorite. It is a quintessential pastoral scene. I think that perhaps > tighter cropping, eliminating the structure on the right, would > improve it. > > Nathan > > Edmund Evanowski wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> This is my first message to the group. I have been "lurking" here >> for several months and thought it was about time I started to make >> some type of contribution. I have enjoyed the PAWs and the PESOs >> very much and I am impressed by the constructive comments and >> criticisms posted here. >> >> I inherited a Leica M3 along with two lenses and a MR meter from a >> family friend who passed away 11 years ago. Not realizing what I had >> in my possession, I am sorry to say I stored it away in my closet for >> several years. I had always used dummy-proof point-and-shoot >> cameras and I did not know what all those numbers meant on the lens, >> I did not know how to load the film, what the meter was for or much >> else about using a real camera. I still don't know that much, but I >> finally learned how to use the camera when my wife signed me up for a >> photography class as a Christmas present 5 years ago. For me, there >> is an awful lot to think about when using this camera but I love >> using it and learning how to use it. >> I have posted a few pictures to the gallery located at: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/evanowski >> >> Comments are welcome and appreciated. >> >> Ed >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >