Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice stuff Nathan. Your "birders" amused me. I flew in through Schiphol just a couple of weeks ago, looked out the window and saw some of them. The b/w stuff looked nice too. I might just bite the bullet and give it a try myself. Thought of you when I took this shot: http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-73452.html (Varberg) Best, Daniel On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > This week I am trying to be Geebee... > > My office is near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, and from our smoking > terrace on the roof we have a pretty nice view: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_37.jpg > > Some people have a pretty strange hobby: like birders, they watch and > take notes, but what they watch is planes. There are special > "spotterplaatsen" set up around the perimeter of the airport: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_37alt1.jpg > > Then we shift gear...last Sunday morning I took a drive around my > neighbourhood and came across this field with bales of hay: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_37alt2.jpg > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_37alt3.jpg > I converted these two pictures to B&W using the method suggested by B.D. > I am quite pleased with these, they are certainly better than my > previous efforts in this area. > > Near my house is a group of trees called "The Green Cathedral". It is > really a piece of concept art, a bunch of trees planted in a church-like > layout; according to the explanations on the info boards these trees > only live about 10 years, so in a couple of years this work of art will > presumably be gone since they were planted in '96: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_37alt4.jpg > > Finally a view under a bridge less than 1 km from my house. I like this > spot very much because of the always chaning light: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_37alt5.jpg > > The complete PAW index is at: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2004.html > and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >