Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff: Thanks for the comments and for looking. I don't know if your suggestion is "a transgression in the fisheye society"... I'll have to find their headquarters and inquire. But it's certainly an unnatural act! ;-) I forgot to mention earlier that this river overflowed those banks when we had widespread floods in northeast Massachusetts in May 2006. Jim Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Jim, of the R8 shots, number 5 is my favourite. It has a wonderful sense of > depth to it. Perhaps it is because much of the water is in light, leading > into the foreground shadow. Have you ever tried manipulating one of these > by > unbending the shot? That is, correct it so that you have that tremendous > expansive coverage but with the verticals corrected. Or is that a > transgression in the fisheye society? Maybe an interesting exercise, > anyway. >>From the Rollei set, the second is just delicious. I can hear the energy in > the water. For this one, I consider that the bending is an asset. The trees > become a wonderful almost vignette like frame. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: [Leica] Amesbury, MA - Leica R8 and Rollei 6008i > > Amesbury is an old mill town with a river that drops 90 feet as it > travels through the downtown area. > > Initially, it powered several sawmills and gristmills. Later many > textile mills were constructed, but it became famous as a center of hat > making, cut nails, horse carriages and automobile bodies. > > The Great Depression of the early '30s ended most of that... the mill > buildings that survive have been developed into housing and office and > small business buildings. > > <http://www.hemenway.com/Amesbury-R8-K200-03022008/> > or: http://tinyurl.com/62d2af > > <http://www.hemenway.com/Amesbury-6008Pro-03022008/> > or: http://tinyurl.com/6c4xwq > > It was a cold day and even though my photobuddy shot a few images with > his 4x5, my 11x14 remained in my car. > > Jim >