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 17:37:49 2006

Thanks, Steve - I've got to fiddle with the color balance....


On 5/29/06 8:33 PM, "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:

> On May 29, 2006, at 4:55 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:
>>>> 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....
> 
> one of the best cat photos I have seen... I actually am partial to
> the color..first...wonderful.Steve
> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 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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Replies: Reply from rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (Rob McClure) ([Leica] High School Photo Program)
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