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Subject: [Leica] Africa 2009 photos
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:47:52 +0930
References: <z2tee8fa51c1004102104v38f4a9fcpfd89c7a6ebe22545@mail.gmail.com> <BCADFCC7CEA84450A188906F508618D7@MARC> <p2vee8fa51c1004111736t4064684p480313b85be623fd@mail.gmail.com> <y2j19b6d42d1004120714p60083c93gf1d67ac75c33ddee@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Vince.  I only had a 50 with me.  I guess maybe the subjects
are far away but look closer because the air was so clear.

I also like Carl Weese's explanation here:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2007/07/normal-lens-uni.html
the 50 is a chameleon.

There are a lot more, no need to worry on that front.  Glad you enjoyed them.

Marty

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Marty
> Those are tremendous photographs I really like them a lot. All with a 50???
> Some look distinctly wider.
>
> All best, and do post more of them.
>
> Vince
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> The grain is partly because the film was x-rayed over 20 times
>> before and after it was exposed but before it was developed and sat at
>> over 40 C for protracted periods before and after being shot. ?There
>> just wasn't any way around it.
>> This also meant that the films required more sharpening than I would
>> want to give it. ?These are a mixture of scans of negs and prints; I
>> used an Epson 4870, also meaning that the neg scans required more
>> sharpening that the scans would get if they were from a machine that
>> scans negs better, like a Coolscan 5000.
>>
>> I didn't shoot much colour at all, most of the time I just had my MP
>> and a 50 with me. ?One of the hazards of shooting and working at the
>> same time.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Marc Dufour <foto at marcdufour.net> 
>> wrote:
>> > Beautiful set, Marty.
>> > And beautiful skies and clouds.
>> > 193, 312, and specially 299 work for me.
>> > Did you took someone in color?
>> > Thanks for sharing,
>> > Marc
>> >
>> > -----Mensaje original-----
>> > De: lug-bounces+foto=marcdufour.net at leica-users.org
>> > [mailto:lug-bounces+foto <lug-bounces%2Bfoto>=marcdufour.net@
>> leica-users.org] En nombre de Marty
>> > Deveney
>> > Enviado el: domingo, 11 de abril de 2010 6:05
>> > Para: Leica Users Group
>> > Asunto: [Leica] Africa 2009 photos
>> >
>> > After delays due to considerable monitor grief, here are the first few
>> > photos from our trip to Africa last year.
>> >
>> > Plus-X and Tri-X in Xtol 1+3, Leica MP and Hexanon 50/2, yellow filter.
>> >
>> > South Africa had great clouds while we were there.
>> >
>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/South+Africa/
>> >
>> > Comments welcome, of course.
>> >
>> > More soon,
>> >
>> > Marty
>> >
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