[Leica] Mark's PAW - caught up. Phew!

[lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)]

Mark,

I like very much how you manage B&W on the M8, the first one smooth  
great tones and the second one more contrasted and very rich B&W!

Cheers
Lluis

El 03/05/2010, a las 11:20, Mark Pope escribi?:

> A bit of a mixed bag to bring my PAW up to date....
>
> Week 15 - taken at a recently opened National Trust property called  
> Croome Park, not far from Worcester.  The house has had a rather  
> varied past.  It has been the home of the Duke of Coventry, a  
> Catholic boys' school, a Hare Krishna school and a nightclub.  It  
> still has some very interesting original features designed by the  
> architect Robert Adam, who was a personal freind of the Duke and the  
> grounds were the first to be designed by 'Capability' Brown.
> The building is currently virtually empty as it is in dire need of  
> restoration.  Sadly, due to health and safety concerns, much of the  
> house is out of bounds to the general Public.
> I made good use of my 12mm CV lens - this is a shot taken from the  
> 'Long Room'.
>
> M8, CV 12mm, ISO 640.
>
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week15-1.jpg
>
> Week 16 - the remains of an old farm cart.  I'm a real sucker for  
> this type of stuff :-)
>
> M8, 28mm Elmarit, ISO 160
>
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week16-1.jpg
>
> Week 17 - Baby spiders.  Dozens of 'em!  They just appeared on the  
> drainpipe leading to a water butt in the back garden   As the light  
> was nice and soft, I decided to have a go at photographing them with  
> a macro lens before it poured with rain (it's a bank holiday weekend  
> - what do you expect!).
> I'm becoming a bit disenchanted with the Canon 20D - it's definitely  
> showing its age compared to the M8 and Panasonic GF1.  So I may look  
> at upgrading it to something like a 5D mark 2 when funds permit.
>
> Canon 20D, 100mm Macro lens, 1/2 sec f16, tripod and mirror lock-up.
>
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week17-1.jpg
>
> So, that's me up to date. I hope you like them.
>
> C&C are welcome as always.
>
> Off to make some peanut cookies and sourdough bread now!
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Mark
> -- 
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>
>
> Mark Pope,
> Swindon, Wilts
> UK
>
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