Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, you looked at the one I didn't reference in my posting because I thought it might be boring. Glad to hear that isn't the case. Here's the link in case anyone else would like a peek: http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/R0010803_web Thanks for the comment. >I'm with Jim on one and three for the Great Meadows shots - for precisely >the same reasons. No. 2 is nice, but flowers do get to be, well, >flowers...;-) > >And of the sailing group, I'll take the second - the feet - it speaks to me. > > >On 8/15/06 2:02 PM, "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: > >> Hi Richard: >> >> I like the first and third of the Great Meadows shots. The first for the >> family feeling and the third for the breadth of the view. >> >> Of the Vineyard Sound photos, I like the "high Seas" feeling I get from >> the first. >> >> Jim >> >> >> Richard S. Taylor wrote: >> >>> Late-July and early-August were cruel in New England this year. We >>> suffered almost four weeks of continuous high heat and unbearable >>> humidity. It made us all a bit cranky. >>> >>> Late last week, though, New England came through with the kind of >>> weather that makes us all mystified at why anyone would live anywhere >>> else. The temperature settled into the high-70s, the humidity stayed >>> low and the air was clear as crystal. In a month or so, these >>> conditions will come with a sharp bite in the air that signals the >>> beginning of Fall, but there was none of that last week. We had five >>> beautiful, languid summer days in a row and couldn't believe our luck. >>> >>> These were taken in the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in >>> Concord MA last Friday. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/R0010734_web >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/R0010738_web >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/great_meadows_pano_5_web >>> >>> The wind was honking on Vineyard Sound and the chop running 3-4 feet on >>> Sunday. I went sailing with friends on their 23 footer: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/R0010763_web >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/R0010792_web >>> >>> Power boaters like to pound through heavy chop. This guy hit a wave at >>> about 20 knots and just about buried himself in water. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/R0010811_crop2_web >>> >>> This is a tight (about 50%) crop from the original 28mm equivalent image >>> and there's some image motion here despite it having been shot at about >>> 1/750th. >>> >>> All Ricoh GR Digital. Program Mode. SNAP focus. >>> >>> The more I use this camera, the more I'm convinced it is the proper >>> digital analog of the earliest Leicas. With its small size, small >>> sensor, and excellent optics, it's the kind of digital camera Leica >>> should have produced first. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick