[Leica] A short walk from my house

[kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)]

Thanks for the kind words.  Actually, those were the two pictures 
that Dr. Ted didn't seem to like.

Herb

>You saved the best for last! (and next-to-last).
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>Cheers,
>Nathan
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>Nathan Wajsman
>Alicante, Spain
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>On Feb 18, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
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>  > I've not been very pleased with my results lately. I'm inclined
>to think it's partly because the ease of shooting with a digital
>camera keeps me from thinking. When I shot film, I paid more
>attention to what I was doing. Well, cest la vie; I'll learn.
>  >
>  > Anyway, I recently went for a short walk from my house and tried
>to make each photo count. Nevertheless, I took two to three shots of
>the ones where the best vantage point was not obvious.
>  >
>  > This is just an oak tree a block from my house. Since oaks are
>not the most common trees in Palo Alto, I did not realize until I
>saw a picture in today's paper that all oaks tend to look tortured.
>  >
>  > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Tortured+Tree.jpg.html
>  >
>  > I've passed this psychedelic car many times, but never thought to
>photograph it.
>  >
>  > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Car+on+Drugs.jpg.html
>  >
>  > A bit further on was an interesting group of birch trees.
>  >
>  > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Stand+of+Birch.jpg.html
>  >
>  > Finally, this expresses my amazement at the quality of the twenty
>to thirty year old f/2 35mm Summicron (Made in Canada). I was under
>a tulip tree, left the 90mm lens at home. So here was this flower
>way up there. I just snapped the tree and cropped the hell out of
>the picture. Amazed that the result was any good at all. I should
>have posted the uncropped picture just for bragging rights, but I
>guess you know how good even real old Leica lenses are.
>  >
>  > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Tulip+Tree+Flower.jpg.html
>  >
>  > Finally, I periodically try to get some shots at my bird feeder
>with the 90mm lens.
>  >
>  > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Bird+Feeder.jpg.html
>  >
>  > And I noticed another bird watcher looking out the window.
>  >
>  > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Another+Bird+Watcher.jpg.html
>  >
>  >
>  > C&C Welcome
>  >
>  > Herb
>  >
>  > --
>  > Herbert Kanner
>  > kanner at acm.org
>  > 650-326-8204
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Herbert Kanner
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Do not meddle in the affairs of cats,
for they are subtle and will pee
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