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Subject: [Leica] Panos from Manado
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:11:11 -0500
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like he said
pretty much exactly
my thoughts


Regards,
George Lottermoser
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On Apr 12, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Ric Carter wrote:

> 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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