[Leica] Neighbors

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

The M8 can't do B&W?  There are a whole bunch here using it for just that 
with excellent results.  Where you been? ;-)

gene

-------------- Original message from "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com>: 
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> I really really really like the first image of the gentleman. It's 
> just wonderful. It's personal and has such wonderful sense of 
> connection. It's the expression, the composition, the WONDERFUL use of 
> light and tonality. 
> 
> Did I mention I like it? The entire set is good but that one just 
> knocks my socks off. 
> 
> Okay, well anyway it's the kind of image I hold in my head as wanting to 
> create. 
> 
> Too bad the M8 can't do black and white. Sheesh! 
> 
> Thank you for sharing. 
> 
> Oh, down comment: I wish the slide show would have titles or file 
> names for the individual images. 
> 
> Well done! I sure hope THEY like them! 
> 
> Adam 
> 
> On 3/18/07, Wade Heninger wrote: 
> > When we moved into our current home about 4 years ago, we were delighted 
> > to 
> > find a charming couple living in the house to our immediate north. Since 
> > our initial acquaintance, they have been valued neighbors and the source 
> > of 
> > much knowledge regarding the area, our home (there were some interesting 
> > past owners) and all things shrub/tree/flower. 
> > 
> > The patriarch of this family grew up in this little Swedish mill town, 
> > and 
> > his wife was the daughter of a British official in Hong Kong. They met 
> > during WWII and after "that unfortunate mess" they married and moved 
> > back to 
> > town to raise their daughter and work in the mill. 
> > 
> > He's going on 87 now, and I suspect his wife is near there as well, 
> > although 
> > I've never asked nor been told. He still is out working in the yard 
> > every 
> > day - pruning, digging and working his small patch of land. Just 
> > yesterday 
> > he was complaining that his insurance was going up - Safeco informed him 
> > that he was now in the same class as a 15 year old male driver, which 
> > tickled him despite the astronomic costs associated with such a 
> > milestone. 
> > 
> > I've been meaning to get over and photograph them, so under the pretext 
> > of 
> > learning this whole "lighting" thing, I finally got over to visit before 
> > they headed off to church. 
> > 
> > http://heninger.org/gallery/neighbors 
> > 
> > M8, Summicron 35 and 50 
> > 
> > TIA 
> > 
> > 
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> > w a d e h e n i n g e r 
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> > a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c 
> > 
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