Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 2, 2009, at 4:39 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Folks on our recent trip we had a brief visit to the Grand Canyon. The > weather went downhill rapidly and we ended up with barely an hour > and a half > in place rather than the day we had planned. > We did get to see a small part of the rim as it doesn't commonly > appear. grand photos of the Grand Canyon in good weather are a dime a dozen, seeing it in adverse conditions...snow, rain, storm conditions , that's worth the trip... > 20 Celsius means some snow and ice and closing airports and freezing > ears > and fingers for the under-prepared sub-tropical Aussies. > For the record the M8 did not stutter once, in and out of my jacket, > battery > and card change in the middle. On the other hand I skidded on the > ice and > took my daughter for a little mini toboggan. good thing it wasn't while you were taking the first photo shown... it happens... > I largely used the Zeiss 18 with also the superb Summicron 28 ASPH. > Hyperfocal means warmer fingers too.These 8 shots are a tough edit > from 116. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/e/g/> > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/e/g/> > http://tinyurl.com/988puw the hardest part of shooting the GC is its very vastness, especially in poor light... finding something tiny/small to focus on, including the oof vastness behind, may do the trick... I'd be interested to see that...especially with the snow, Steve > > Comments appreciated. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information thanks, Steve