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Subject: [Leica] IMG A Sunday Walk
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Mon Dec 18 21:07:28 2006
References: <000001c7232a$922b2c50$6501a8c0@asus930>

Hoppy,

Thanks for the comments. The horses shot was as scanned, no  
sharpening. It was somewhat foggy too. But the negative was more  
dense than I like. This is what led me to believe that the higher  
speeds in the IIIc were on the slow side. I'm sending it in for a CLA.

Len


On Dec 19, 2006, at 12:00 AM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Len, "stream" is positively poetic. Just the right amount of  
> movement in the water and the rolling surfaces very well modelled by
> the light's angle. Great stuff. The "Horses" for me looks to have a  
> few gaps in the tones as reproduced here. Maybe suffered from
> scanning and/or sharpening? For me at least bw is very intolerant  
> regarding both processes. Really nice content, though and kudos
> for doing it with classic gear and bw film!
> 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
> Leonard Taupier
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2006 14:38
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] IMG A Sunday Walk
>
> Yesterday was a beautiful day in Pennsylvania. Temperature in the
> 60's with early afternoon sun. I had some old film I wanted to use up
> plus get a little exercise so I spent two hours in my nearby
> preserve. Here's a couple shots I took on the way.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Pennypack+Preserve/ 
> Horses.jpg.html>
>
> Horses was shot with a Leica IIIc and a 135mm Hektor. 1/200 at f8.
> Agfa APX100 in X-TOL 1:1.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Pennypack+Preserve/ 
> Stream.jpg.html>
>
> The stream shot was taken with a 90mm f4 Elmar at 1/10 sec handheld
> at f16. Same Agfa film
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Pennypack+Preserve/ 
> Greenhouse.jpg.html>
>
> The greenhouse was shot with a 35mm Summaron at 1/100 and f11. Same
> film as above.
>
> Feel free to comment.
>
> Len
>
>
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