Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]like he said pretty much exactly my thoughts Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information