Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Bangor, Frank, that's where my US based cousin Donal - also a marine biologist - did his training. he was made a Fellow there last year and popped over here for a visit. See my other post for images. Your daughter might know him. And yes, I found I could make cheap calls on my Irish mbile in Wales if I was up a mountain there too. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2015 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Wales > My eldest daughter did her PhD at the University of Wales in Bangor. She > went there about 15 years ago and has never returned, settling on > Anglesey, getting married and having 3 boys and buying a smallholding to > add to her work as a Marine biologist. > We rarely go anywhere else for holidays both for family reasons and our > love of Snowdonia, I have been fell-walking (very much not running?) there > for 50 years. > OTOH I have never thought of Kodachrome as very accurate on greens, and I > tend to agree with Douglas that Tina?s scans show ?Kodachrome? greens not > true ?Welsh? greens. > Anyway, beautiful pictures of a landscape I love. > > I go to South Stack if we are visiting during the bird breeding season > there. One can see Ireland from there, and if not careful can end up > getting an expensive ?foreign? mobile phone call since the phone signal > strength there from Ireland is stronger than any UK one? > cheers, > Frank D. > > >> On 1 May, 2015, at 01:32, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> Fair enough, Gerry, I'm getting old and the old eyes must be playing up! >> I've only been over there about fifty or sixty times in all sorts of >> weathers and the various shades of green I've seen there over the years >> don't match the slightly unearthly glow I saw in the green in Tina's >> photo. Where I live is sixty miles across the Irish Sea from Snowdon. I >> used to be able to see the summit of Snowdon from the top of Bray Head >> beside by old house. Strangely enough, the varying weather is very >> similar to, if not the exact same as, Wales! >> >> The reasons I went to Wales so many times was because I was involved in >> fell running and as a result was out in the mountains there a lot, >> particularly in Snowdonia. I'm a life member of the FRA and I have the >> latest issue of their magazine "The Fellrunner" on my desk here in front >> of me. No unearthly looking greens in the race photos in the mag... >> >> Anyway in the general scheme of things, it doesn't amount to a hill of >> beans! >> >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" >> <gerry.walden at icloud.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Wales >> >> >>> Wales is a very wet country and I have seen it like this immediately >>> after rain ( which is very often). >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> Gerry Walden >>> 0797 287 7933 >>> >>>> On 30 Apr 2015, at 15:08, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, you won't like any of the 1040 Kodachromes I just scanned of >>>> Wales. >>>> They are all very green. Wales is the greenest country I've ever been >>>> to. >>>> I did not adjust the color other than to hit Auto in LR. >>>> >>>> If you thought that one was too saturated, you will hate this one: >>>> >>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/159909250 >>>> >>>> Also unadjusted for color saturation. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Sorry Tina, the colours don't look natural to me. Those greens are too >>>>> saturated for Wales. >>>>> >>>>> Douglas >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> >>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; >>>>> <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>; < >>>>> seephoto at micapeak.com>; "A forum dedicated to the Picture-A-Week >>>>> project" >>>>> <paw at micapeak.com>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" >>>>> <olympus at thomasclausen.net >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:05 PM >>>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Wales >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> PESO: >>>>>> >>>>>> While I'm editing photos from Cuba, my scanner is working on >>>>>> Kodachromes >>>>>> from 1993, a trip to Wales for our anniversary. We hiked from one >>>>>> B&B to >>>>>> another all over the country. It was rainy and foggy the whole time, >>>>>> but >>>>>> that's perfect weather for Wales. Tom had to find places to call his >>>>>> office: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/159901968 >>>>>> >>>>>> C&C greatly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tina >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> Gerry Walden >>> 023 8046 3076 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information