Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]wonderful images Marty as expected each time I click your links Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > Each morning while we were there we would walk out across the islands > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img210a.jpg.html > which we had reached, of course, by Mokoro: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img242a.jpg.html > for which there was ample parking space: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img446a.jpg.html > > These little water craft can even be used to access the washing to > retrieve it: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img451a.jpg.html > and to sneak up on critters: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img920a.jpg.html > I had to change from a 75 mm lens to a 35 mm lens just to fit this big > fella in the frame. My mokoro poler made all sorts of small but > frantic gestures when I got out onto the bank and slowly got closer > and closer. The elephant never knew I was there, and walked away a > few seconds later. I was probably lucky to have the breeze in my face. > > Leica MP and M7, 35/1.4 asph, 50/2 Hexanon, yellow filter, Plus-X and > Tri-X in Xtol 1+3. > > Comments etc welcome. > > Thanks, > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information