Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/25

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Subject: [Leica] Views from Mt. Rainier
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Wed Oct 25 00:50:35 2006
References: <2204.203.208.66.9.1161759236.squirrel@webmail.ncable.net.au> <001001c6f807$0658a4d0$6501a8c0@asus930>

yes, lovely light and a dramatic scene: I think the trees are what is
giving me vertigo ;-) This is what George Lauterstein used to call F16 and
BE THERE!!!!

Cheers

> Alastair, I thought Jim's approach with the dramatic slope made it quite
> special. I'd sort of be tempted to rotate it a little
> clockwise to straighten some of the trees a little more, too but I guess
> some of that is from the wide perspective? This is one of
> those beautiful places that has been photographed innumerable times. A
> quick google shows just how many times! Kudos to Jim for a
> new "angle" on it. Gorgeous light, too, isn't it?
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Alastair Firkin
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:54
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Views from Mt. Rainier
>
>> A couple of weeks ago I visited Mt. Rainier in Washington state and
>> enjoyed
>> photographing its many views. Here is my first view on the day we
>> arrived.
>> More to follow.
>>
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>>
>> Mt
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jimchristie/_A059830_v1-Web.jpg.html
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>> Rainier, SW View, Late Afternoon
>
> Beautiful spot, but I feel a bit dizzy. Its hard to "feel" the horizon and
> so the image to a person who does not recognize the scene looks oblique. I
> would feel better with a slightly wider view to give a sense of "place",
> but you may want to use that unsteady slope feeling for that very effect:
> still a lovely image.
>
> Alastair
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In reply to: Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Views from Mt. Rainier)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Views from Mt. Rainier)