Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe. Here goes: Cop 2: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_154-Edit-b.jpg.html Coast Guard 2: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_102-Editb.jpg.html Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:47 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote: > > Le 26 janv. 11 ? 05:19, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit : > > > >> Philippe, Tina, Bob, Ric, Jim, Michiel and Alastair, >> >> Thanks for looking. Philippe it is good to see you have not forgotten your >> Hindi! >> >> Google translation helps ... > > > A few things - I deliberately processed 'Cop' and 'Coast Guard' as you see >> it to approximate what I was seeing at that time - the first as black with >> small details where the setting sun was hitting him, the second as high >> contrast. There is detail in both the RAW files, and can be brought out. >> >> > If you do can you let us see? > > > When you expect a quarter of million people to turn up, you need a lot of >> policemen around - but when they do not turn up it looks excessive. The >> main >> reason for the low attendance was it was a Monday, and a working day. I >> believe the big crowds had turned up on Sunday. Water access was not >> allowed >> because it is impossible to manage such a crowd at water's edge, >> especially >> as the shelf falls away very steeply here, and currents are wicked, and >> accidental drownings are not rare events. You will see very few people >> attempting to swim in the sea on the East Coast of India - the West Coast >> is >> where all the famous beaches and placid seas are. >> >> > Thanks for the explanation, I hadn't thought of this ... I must be missing > the sunshine more than I had thought then ... > > > I am at present debating whether I should get a normal range zoom in lieu >> of >> primes from 24 to 85mm, as Nikon do have a very fine one, the 24-70 f2.8, >> but the weight keeps putting me off from buying it! >> >> > From what I've seen it still offers a fair amount of distortion, > perceptible through the VF, I wonder how much correction can (tolerably) be > applied. > > Weight : I bought a harness a couple of years ago when I bought the hefty > Oly 50-200; > I've never used it, but this might change with my bad back now; > anyway you feel like you were about to put your petticoat on once you have > it on ... > > Amiti?s > Philippe > > > Cheers >> Jayanand >> >>