[Leica] Panos from Manado

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

this is a really wonderful set!!

Your panos are really going places. Both the fisherman photo are  
especially strong

ric


On Apr 12, 2009, at 8:53 PM, H&ECummer wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Esther and I have been away again - first with a stop over in  
> Singapore (where we were married 35 years ago and where three of our  
> four children were born) and then on to Manado in Northern Sulawesi  
> where my former Chinese business partner sponsors an orphanage and a  
> university which we also support. Before we get to the orphanage and  
> university convocation pictures here are some panos from the  
> spectacular scenery.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Manada/Lightning_Volcano.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/coh4gs
>
> One evening there was a thunderstorm around the base of Mount Lokon  
> - a supposedly extinct volcano - from which steam continually rises  
> on the far right side of the mountain (from our vantage point).
> I set up the M8 on a railing - set exposure at 8 seconds - using the  
> Tri Elmar at 50mm - and used the timer at 2 seconds. The noise  
> reduction on the M8 - which takes 8 seconds for an 8 second exposure  
> - meant that I could only expose every 18 seconds. It took many  
> tries to have the shutter open when the lightning flashed.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Manada/FishSunsetw.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/dxvh8x
>
> Sometimes the elements just come together for you. This one was made  
> easier using Esther's Pana G1 and the 45 - 200 zoom.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Manada/LilypadVolcano2PanM8Tri.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/czpxom
>
> When I got bored with all the kodachrome skies I screwed on my B&W  
> IR filter and took some some IR shots with the M8
> Here is a 2 panel of the Lily Pond at the Gardenia Rest house with  
> the Lokon Volcano in the background.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Manada/LilypadVolcano2PanM8Tri.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/czpxom
>
> Here is the view from the Manado ferry terminal taken from the top  
> of the Hotel Celebes - which is owned by a classmate
> of my Chinese partner. You expect Somerset Maugham to be sitting in  
> the hotel bar - it is that kind of place.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Manada/6panviewHotelCelebesM8Triw.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/ctgnot
>
> And here is a sunset from the Manado water front with Bunaken Island  
> to the right of the 5 panel Pano taken with the M8 and the Tri  
> Elmar. Bunaken is a world famous diving area and a national park in  
> Indonesia
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Manada/BunakenSunset5PanM8TriW.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/dx23ro
>
> The air in Manado when it was sunny was so clear that you could see  
> the edges between objects and the sky - just like the emulsion  
> ridges on a kodachrome slide. Coming from smoggy Hong Kong it was  
> simply incredible. I hope Manado never gets any industry!!
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Manada/5panLokonVolM8Tri50W.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/dz9u7o
>
> And lastly here is the fishing pier facing Bunaken Island. The  
> locals find time to fish every day at all times of the day but the  
> fish seem to bite more at sunset.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Manada/4panM8TriFishBunakenW.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/dgjclk
>
> Please enjoy,
> C&C always welcome
> Cheers
> Howard
>
>
>
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