Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 18/12/2014: another film pic from November
From: amr3 at uwmalumni.com (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:51:09 -0600

 On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote:

>Yesterday, I finished scanning my second roll of XP2 Super, this time with
pictures from Denmark in November. The one that caught my eye is this
portrait >of my friend Beata in a Copenhagen caf?, illuminated by window
light:

>http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3773170401&k=5kXKR2m&lb=1&s=O
<http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#%21i=3773170401&k=5kXKR2m&lb=1&s=O>

>Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 50mm Summicron collapsible (anno 1953 according to
serial number), Ilford XP2 Super.

>Cheers,
>Nathan
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I think this is a marvelous portrait, showing us a real person, and I don't
feel it makes her look bad at all.

I do think the blacks in the clothing and background need to be darker,
though.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA POY 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

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