Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love Whitby. It's very much part of my childhood
memories, and it's one of my earliest haunts for
photography. I ought to go back - I can think of
dozens of opportunities for the 15mm, which
incidentally is the lens that got me seriously into
rangefinder photography.
Nice shots, Douglas - but then I always enjoy your
shots of Yorkshire.
Nick
--- Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:
> Once you get used to a 15mm it's time to think about
> a 12mm :-)
>
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image11_10_edited_2
> Of course the vignetting is excruciating, you can't
> wear a big hat, and
> it's hard to keep fingers, beer-belly and toes out
> of the frame, but
> it's a load of fun.
> Theres a few wide angle shots of Milan and Pisa on
> page 3 of the
> Gallery too - using both 12 and 15mm CV lenses
> Douglas
>
> BTW, the street is interesting. This is the finished
> half of Royal
> Crescent, planned, financed and built by the
> "Railway Baron" George
> Hudson. Before work was started on the other half,
> he ran off to France
> with the money. It's also where Bram Stoker stayed
> while writing
> "Dracula" and the mad mathematician and writer of
> "Alice in...and Alice
> through" stayed just around the corner too. We stay
> in an
> appartment under the roof of the third house from
> the left hand end
> every year, which has the most fantastic view of the
> coast and sea
> imaginable.
> The sunsets on this page were taken from the
> appartment window over a
> period of 3 weeks :
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album212
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