Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/29

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Subject: [Leica] Furry PAWS
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon May 29 13:01:24 2006

Thanks Philippe - wb is really, really tough on these two - shady sunlight
coming in from french doors, with mixed tungstun from an overhead chandelier
and sconces - to say nothing of the green walls, and the redish brown of the
mahogany table beneath the pure white cat...:-)


On 5/29/06 3:55 PM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:

> Give me 1 in color (with a slightly changed white balance - the cat
> is a bit bluish) and 2 in B&W plz.
> Second pose is best IMO.
> Thanks for showing,
> Philippe
> 
> 
> Op 29-mei-06, om 21:29 heeft B. D. Colen het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> Okay - so color or black and white, one or two - I think I'm
>> partial to two,
>> black and white...but this is a tough one for me, particular in
>> terms of
>> color/bw; I think the bw makes for the far stronger image, but I
>> like the
>> colors themselves...so...
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album333/BabyKittyOne
>> 
>> and three that follow....
>> 
>> Cat, tiny but no longer a kitten by any means, is Gray aka Sally
>> Gray aka
>> Baby Kitty aka Mona - don't ask - aka White Cat aka Devil Cat aka
>> Kitty
>> aka.. ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/29/06 3:22 PM, "lkhermann" <lkhermann@bresnan.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> At 12:50 PM 5/29/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>>>> As World War II ended in Europe, General Hap Arnold and aeronautical
>>>> genius Dr. Theodore von Karman pondered ways to assure that other
>>>> nations
>>>> never got ahead of the United States in aeronautical and engine
>>>> research
>>>> to the extent that Germany had done in the 30s and 40s.  In June
>>>> 1951,
>>>> President Harry Truman dedicated the Air Engineering Development
>>>> Center
>>>> near Tullahoma, TN as a research and test center to pursue
>>>> cutting edge
>>>> developments for the U.S.  I was fortunate to go to work at the
>>>> center two
>>>> years later, and spent most of my career there, first, as an
>>>> engineer
>>>> completing and calibrating wind tunnel facilities, and, later in
>>>> management.  Now known as the Arnold Engineering Development
>>>> Center, it
>>>> celebrated its 55th anniversary this past weekend with a display of
>>>> vintage and modern aircraft and an air show at the Tullahoma
>>>> Regional
>>>> Airport, itself built in the 1940s as a training base for B-24
>>>> crews.
>>>> 
>>>> I chose my Leica IIIf RD with a Jupiter 12 35mm f/2.8 lens as my
>>>> primary
>>>> camera for the static displays.  It was my first real effort with
>>>> the
>>>> J-12, and I was impressed with the results.  Having tried similar
>>>> tasks
>>>> with a 50mm in the past, I found that, when I backed up to capture a
>>>> complete aircraft image, too many visitors got between me and the
>>>> subject.  The 35mm proved perfect for the assignment.
>>>> 
>>>> Selected photos are listed below, with some slight adjustments,
>>>> cropping,
>>>> and resizing in PS.
>>>> 
>>>> Comments and criticisms are welcomed.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/Diamond_Lil
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/Red_Knight
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/North_American_F_86
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/Wicked_Wabbit
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/Sweetie_Face
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/Tora_Tora_Tora
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/Japanese_Replica
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Musings/American_Airlines_DC_3
>>> 
>>> Jim,
>>>          Very nice airplanes and the lens did a great job with a
>>> little
>>> help from the photographer.
>>> Thanks
>>> Lee
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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