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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another E-1 / Leica-R Lens Collaboration
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:30:38 -0600
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Hi, Jayanand,

Sun Catchers are small stained glass and malleable iron creations made 
by artistic craft persons.? They are intended to be hung in sunny 
windows to catch sunbeams and disperse them throughout the room, moving 
as the sun moves past the window.

On 2/27/20 8:45 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> The Sun Catcher looks surreal. What exactly is a sun catcher? We tend to
> catch more of it than we want, anyway!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 5:59 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Though they are used infrequently, there is an extender for the
>> Elmarit-R 60mm Macro to enable extreme closeups.  With the temperature
>> in the low 30s F., I dug out the extender and looked around inside the
>> house.  These two shots were hand-held, and, in the case of the Lady
>> Bug, of a moving subject.
>>
>> One of my late wife's favorite sun catchers, bought years ago in
>> Gatlinburg, TN:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200227-P2278436.JPG.html
>>
>> During this time of the year, our house is invaded by Lady Bugs seeking
>> a warm refuge.  In their crawling around on the windows and countertops,
>> they gather up dust from seldom-accessed places.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200227-P2278446.JPG.html
>>
>> Captured by the venerable Olympus E-1
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Another E-1 / Leica-R Lens Collaboration)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] IMG: Another E-1 / Leica-R Lens Collaboration)