Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Peter. >Dick, > >fascinating. The B&W shot is the better of the two IMHO FWIW etc, it >conveys the majesty of the place, fair takes my breath away. > >Peter > >>>> The Ansonia on Broadway at 74th was once a famous New York hotel >>>> catering primarily to the arts community. Enrico Caruso, Igor >>>> Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Florenz Ziegfeld, Theodore Dreiser, and >>>> Babe Ruth (an artist of a different stripe, [heh, heh, ;-)]) all >>>> called it home at one time or another. Today it is condos. >>>> >>>> It is typically described as "a 1904 Beaux Arts masterpiece," >>>> seemingly dropped into the upper West Side direct from Paris. It is >>>> a magnificent sight from the 20th floor of a hotel just across the >>>> street. >>>> >>>> At dawn (M3 40mm Nokton - f1.4 @ 1/60th) >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_34_0223_web >>>> >>>> >>>> Shortly after sunrise (M3 15mm Heliar f5.6 at 1/250th if I remember >>> >>>correctly) >>> >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_31A_0187_web >>>> >>>> This is the bottom half of the negative. The upper half is all sky. >>>> I took shot after shot trying to get people into interesting places >>>> in that splash of light at street level. New Yorkers on an early >>>> Sunday morning are very uncooperative. ;-) Probably should have >>>> brought some inflatable people along a la Graham and his ducks and >>>> cows. >>>> >>>> Enjoy! Comments welcome as always. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information