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Subject: [Leica] Some more wide angle shots of York
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:19 +0200
References: <4A6CDE0A.8060504@gmx.de> <4751BFDD-9625-4780-8E15-FC77D09490DE@telefonica.net> <C78FED8A-7629-4F65-BC32-A7304B10F2F5@comcast.net>

Interesting bloke, too. We had a nice long chat with him last time we 
were there. He turns up in thousands of pictures on the web.

Bets regards and thanks for taking a look.
Douglas

Richard Taylor wrote:
> The purple man is a winner in the last image.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>
>> Great shots Douglas,
>>
>> When I've visited the Canterbury Cathedral I've do a very similar 
>> shot as yours, I've put my R3 with the 21 on the floor with the 
>> auto-shutter, the effect is fantastic. I loved the B&W with the 
>> extreme wides, as well your very good PS work, the last picture is 
>> amazing.
>>
>> Good work
>>
>> Saludos from Barcelona
>> Lluis
>>
>> El 27/07/2009, a las 0:51, Douglas Sharp escribi?:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm totally restructuring all my albums (because I can't find 
>>> anything any more :-) ), so there will be more to come and some of 
>>> it will be mixed together with ones that have been shown before.
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't usually go for stretched, tilted and distorted persepctives, 
>>> but I personally think this one turned out rather well - some 
>>> wonderful vaulting:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/york0232scan-Edit.jpg.html
>>>
>>>
>>> More wide angle shots from York - street photography in the sense 
>>> that I was shooting out on the streets.
>>>
>>> Using lenses this wide (12 and 15 mm) seems to make people look like 
>>> figures in an architects or artists impression for urban planning - 
>>> somehow unreal and out of place.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/Lisianthus_Whitby20070009.jpg.html
>>>  
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/Lisianthus_Whitby20070026.jpg.html
>>>  
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/York_centre.jpg.html
>>>
>>>
>>> This street artist didn't really stand out in the full colour shot 
>>> or in the BW conversion. So I did both in PS :-)
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/_MG_4704_edited4_edited-1.jpg.html
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>> Here he is again, bothering my missus:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/MG_4709_edited_1.jpg.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Enjoy taking a short walk around York, and best to all from Hannover
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> Lluis Ripoll
>> luisripoll at telefonica.net
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/
>> http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll
>> Blog:
>> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/
>>
>> http://www.lrmusic.es
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>>
>>
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