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Subject: [Leica] Mondesa children
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:54:39 -0400

> They look great on my PowerBook monitor.
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
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> 
> On Jun 15, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> 
>> Marty both look to have strong content. It may be my current monitor
>> calibration issues but they appear quite dark to me. To the extent
>> that there is almost no detail in most of the tyre for example.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>> 
>> 
>> On 16 June 2010 10:16, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Everywhere I went in Mondesa, this young man would follow me.  He
>>> would yell out to my driver or guide, find out where we were going,
>>> and fifteen or twenty minutes after I arrived by car, he would arrive
>>> at a very steady fast jog that he seemed to be able to maintain
>>> almost
>>> indefinitely, with his tyre.  We spoke at length but he never told me
>>> his name.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/
>>> img402a.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/
>>> img399a.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> M7, Tri-X, f1 Noctilux.  Xtol 1+3.
>>> 
>>> Comments etc welcome.
>>> 
>>> Marty
>>> 
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On mine the whites of the kids eyes looks like potassium ferricyanide was
applied. They look bleached out. My monitor though Is a tad contrasty.
The shots most of them in your gallery look spot on.
Nice detail in both white and black areas.

[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner





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