Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ed and welcome. It is always nice to see new faces here. Of the images you posted, the last one "Heading for the Hills" is my favorite. It is a quintessential pastoral scene. I think that perhaps tighter cropping, eliminating the structure on the right, would improve it. Nathan Edmund Evanowski wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > This is my first message to the group. I have been "lurking" here for > several months and thought it was about time I started to make some type > of contribution. I have enjoyed the PAWs and the PESOs very much and I > am impressed by the constructive comments and criticisms posted here. > > I inherited a Leica M3 along with two lenses and a MR meter from a > family friend who passed away 11 years ago. Not realizing what I had in > my possession, I am sorry to say I stored it away in my closet for > several years. I had always used dummy-proof point-and-shoot cameras > and I did not know what all those numbers meant on the lens, I did not > know how to load the film, what the meter was for or much else about > using a real camera. I still don't know that much, but I finally > learned how to use the camera when my wife signed me up for a > photography class as a Christmas present 5 years ago. For me, there is > an awful lot to think about when using this camera but I love using it > and learning how to use it. > I have posted a few pictures to the gallery located at: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/evanowski > > Comments are welcome and appreciated. > > Ed > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog