Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]amazing! and nice shots tooo On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > A week ago I came across a roll of undeveloped Fujicolor color print film > taken 20 years ago on a driving trip to British Columbia. The film was > about eighteen years past the expiration date and had been stored in a > shoebox in a hot closet. The prints came back today. Here are some > selections from the 24 exposure roll. The camera was a venerable Leica CL > with its 40 mm Summicron lens. All shots were hand held. Too bad Leica > never > saw fit to make a full frame digital in the CL size. One can always hope. > > > Vancouver Island looks like a wonderful sailing venue and I envied the boat > owners who kept their boats in this downtown harbor, > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Victoria+small+boat+harbor.jpg.html > > > The residue of heavy logging is everywhere. This forest was last logged > about a quarter of a century before I took this picture. You can see the > stumps of the removed trees amidst the overgrowth. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Old+growth+forest+in+BC.jpg.html > > > We arrived at Lake Louise at season's end. A few more days and ice skating > would start. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Canoes+at+Lake+Louise.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Lake+Louise_+first+snow_.jpg.html > > > There is a personal aspect to these last pictures. My daughter and her > husband owned a small farm in Etlan, VA. in the shadow of the Skyline > Drive. > They hoped to raise llamas to use as pack animals for hikers along the > Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. At their request we visited some > BC llama ranches to get some first hand information. Apparently while > Peruvians have great success breeding and using llamas, it takes a lifetime > of handling to know just how to approach them and load the packs. Otherwise > they just turn and spit at you. Llama spit is icky. I know from experience. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Llama+ranch.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Llama+profile.jpg.html > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad