Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Visited many of the same places just two years ago myself. Going through your photos, it was fun to see the area through another's eyes. I stayed at the Derwentwater Hotel. We may have even shot some the same subjects. That tree at Bassenthwalte looks very familiar. Couldn't possibly find anything to criticize. I particularly like the way you've put the stones at Castlerigg up against the lumpy hills in the distance <http://gallery.leica-users.org/English-Lakeland/Castlerigg2>, the mood and sense of depth in Misty Valley <http://gallery.leica-users.org/English-Lakeland/Mist> and the subtle color in Derwentwater <http://gallery.leica-users.org/English-Lakeland/DerwentW2>. Nice stuff. Looks like you were there at an interesting time of the year. I had to make do with early-Summer (rain, rain, more rain, drizzle - you get the idea). Beautiful place no matter what the weather though. Dick Boston MA >I spent a week in the northern Lake District last November and have just got >round to uploading some of the pictures to >http://gallery.leica-users.org/English-Lakeland These were all done with a >Canon 20D so officially I suppose this is off topic - sorry! I did take >some film cameras with me - a Mamiay 7 and Hasselblad Xpan but sadly not my >Leica. > >The week was run by a professional photographer as a group holiday, and the >rest of the group were all using digital. Each evening we were able to >project our best pictures of the day for critique, and the pro would show us >some photoshop techniques to improve them, on the fly, projected onto a 6 >foot screen! It was a fantastic learning process, and was very interesting >seeing how each member of the group had interpreted the same opportunities >in different ways. > >Anyway, hope you like them, and I'd welcome comments good or bad! > >Simon. > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information