Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/18

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Subject: [Leica] British Columbia photo trip
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:58:41 +0200
References: <AANLkTi=HCrzpffVOZGKMOmGKULgGe7i2T0UP6WBCKWtz@mail.gmail.com>

Great selection, and the film has held up amazingly well! 

I agree that the CL was a great camera. I used mine extensively during the 
year 2003-4 when I commuted weekly between Amsterdam and Seville.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog

YNWA





On Aug 16, 2010, at 9:10 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

> A week ago I came across a roll of undeveloped Fujicolor color print film
> taken  20 years ago on a driving trip to British Columbia. The film was
> about eighteen years past the expiration date and had been stored in a
> shoebox in a hot closet. The prints came back today. Here are some
> selections from the 24 exposure roll. The camera was a venerable Leica CL
> with its 40 mm Summicron lens. All shots were hand held. Too bad Leica 
> never
> saw fit to make a full frame digital in the CL size. One can always hope.
> 
> 
> Vancouver Island looks like a wonderful sailing venue and I envied the boat
> owners who kept their boats in this downtown harbor,
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Victoria+small+boat+harbor.jpg.html
> 
> 
> The residue of heavy logging is everywhere. This forest was last logged
> about a quarter of a century before I took this picture. You can see the
> stumps of the removed trees amidst the overgrowth.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Old+growth+forest+in+BC.jpg.html
> 
> 
> We arrived at Lake Louise at season's end. A few more days and ice skating
> would start.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Canoes+at+Lake+Louise.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Lake+Louise_+first+snow_.jpg.html
> 
> 
> There is a personal aspect to these last pictures. My daughter and her
> husband owned a small farm in Etlan, VA. in the shadow of the Skyline 
> Drive.
> They hoped to raise llamas to use as pack animals for hikers along the
> Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. At their request we visited some
> BC llama ranches to get some first hand information. Apparently while
> Peruvians have great success breeding and using llamas, it takes a lifetime
> of handling to know just how to approach them and load the packs. Otherwise
> they just turn and spit at you. Llama spit is icky. I know from experience.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Llama+ranch.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Llama+profile.jpg.html
> 
> 
> Larry Z
> 
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