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Subject: [Leica] [img] snowpocalypse photo from the GF-1 - beautiful magic
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:33:10 +0100
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Le 12 f?vr. 10 ? 22:44, Kyle Cassidy a ?crit :

>
> Hey foks -
>  Went out Wednesday during the snowpocalypse, with the GF-1 here's a  
> shot during the storm:
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/blizzard-1.jpg
>
> the camera got a little wet but held up admirably. I have some $9  
> lens shade for it that says "LEICA SUMMICRON" in what looks like  
> powdered sugar (I think it's the same font from the candy hearts),  
> that did a decent job keeping snow off of the front lens element.
>
> The scene itself was ... beautiful magic, really. It was quiet,  
> there were people in the distance and who'd sometimes pass, but cars  
> were absent, for the most part. People walked in the street - the  
> quiet was strange, all the snow dampening sound, and, what really  
> got me was the sky-glow from the city hitting the clouds, and  
> bouncing back down to earth, only to reflect up again - it was like  
> being inside a city-sized softbox.
>
> The heavy snow on the trees made them all creep lower to the ground,  
> making tunnels of tree where there'd been no tunnel before.
>
> It was a wonderful, amazing, beautiful experience.

admirably shared

thanks Kyle

ph
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