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Subject: [Leica] Its steam train time again- - this year's shots
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:18:13 -0400
References: <4AC37DBB.30105@gmx.de> <4AC3859E.4040908@sfr.fr> <4AC388A2.7040002@gmx.de>

having a wonderful time, wish i were there

fine pictures of fine machinery

ric


On Sep 30, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Hi Philippe,
>
> MG 0243 makes the North Yorkshire coast look sub-tropical too - it  
> almost was on most days, except the full day I had on the railway.
> 25-2: I get the impression that the enthusiasts who run it all have  
> a staple diet of strong tea (they actually tap off the boiling water  
> from the engine's boiler) and thick sandwiches.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
>
>
> Philippe Amard wrote:
>> MG 0243 with its extremely balanced and evocative composition for  
>> me Douglas
>> then we have film 25-2 that comes out of times past ...
>>
>> All beautiful BW.
>> Thanks for the trip - better have a shower now ;-)
>>
>> Amiti?s
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>> Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> as usual when I'm on vacation I took a day out on the North  
>>> Yorkshire Moors Railway, a preserved line running from Whitby on  
>>> the Yorkshire coast to the market town of Pickering on the other  
>>> edge of the North York Moors.
>>>
>>> Here's the crop of shots taken on that day - for the technically  
>>> minded, the digital shots are those with an MG in the filename,  
>>> the rest are on film.
>>> All are displayed in black and white.
>>>
>>> Comments and criticism more than welcome:
>>>
>>> They start here: 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Transport/Railways/NYMR_2008_BW/Steam_MG_0241.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for taking time to take a look
>>> Cheers
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>> The cameras were a Canon 20D with Canon, Zeiss and Leica lenses, a  
>>> Rollei 3003, a Pentax P30 I found up in a charity shop in  
>>> Pickering and my late father's Yashica T-AF (Zeiss lens).  
>>> Negatives scanned on a Canon 9900F flatbed 24 at a time - my Nikon  
>>> V ED needs servicing and a clean.
>>>
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