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Subject: [Leica] Early Spring Sailing - And the One That Got Away
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Mon Apr 28 21:36:40 2008
References: <8221E316-E2E3-4560-838F-15F6B3B06AA3@comcast.net> <4814AF9B.6090309@tele2.fr> <DE5B07E7-4341-464D-A3D1-5B475350DEC8@comcast.net>

Sorry Dick,

I only meant I wasn't able to view the m large.
I loved that shot in spite of the no so king sized view, the lens has 
nothing to do with it.
Godd french BTW :-)
Bien amicalement
phx

Richard Taylor wrote:

> Thanks Philippe, and Jim.  This is probably a rhetorical question,  
> since I suspect I know the answer, but did you ever give yourself a  
> dope-slap after walking away from a scene like this when you realized  
> the WA lens you took off the camera to put on the long zoom was  
> probably the perfect lens for this shot?
>
> If I'd left it on, I would have had the whole empty bay, the distant  
> island and that tiny, tiny boat silhouetted in all that wonderful  
> glare.  Instead of being a nice picture, it would have been spectacular!
>
> Arhggggg...   C'est le photographie, or some such, I guess.   (Excuse  
> my fractured French :-) )
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2008, at 12:53 PM, Philippe AMARD wrote:
>
>> Stamp sized I find it difficult to appreciate to the full extent,  
>> but the stamp has potential for sure :-[
>> phx
>>
>>
>> Richard Taylor wrote:
>>
>>> It was clear and crisp on the Cape today with the temperature in  
>>> the  low 50s F around 5 PM.  A 10 knot North-Easterly blew across  
>>> Vineyard  Sound which was deserted except for the ferries and this  
>>> lone sailor  getting an early start on the season.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/300_0688.jpg.html
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/5zoaj4
>>>
>>> D300 with 50-200 mm Nikkor zoom.
>>>
>>> C&C always welcome.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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