[Leica] A short walk from my house

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hi Herb,

Nice collection.  I especially liked the flower and the finches at the 
feeder.

I think the birches could be strengthened by cropping the bottom to remove a 
large part of the shadow on the hedge.  Just a thought.

Show us more.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 4:06 PM
Subject: [Leica] A short walk from my house


> I've not been very pleased with my results lately. I'm inclined to think 
> it's partly because the ease of shooting with a digital camera keeps me 
> from thinking. When I shot film, I paid more attention to what I was 
> doing. Well, cest la vie; I'll learn.
>
> Anyway, I recently went for a short walk from my house and tried to make 
> each photo count. Nevertheless, I took two to three shots of the ones 
> where the best vantage point was not obvious.
>
> This is just an oak tree a block from my house. Since oaks are not the 
> most common trees in Palo Alto, I did not realize until I saw a picture in 
> today's paper that all oaks tend to look tortured.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Tortured+Tree.jpg.html
>
> I've passed this psychedelic car many times, but never thought to 
> photograph it.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Car+on+Drugs.jpg.html
>
> A bit further on was an interesting group of birch trees.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Stand+of+Birch.jpg.html
>
> Finally, this expresses my amazement at the quality of the twenty to 
> thirty year old f/2 35mm Summicron (Made in Canada). I was under a tulip 
> tree, left the 90mm lens at home. So here was this flower way up there. I 
> just snapped the tree and cropped the hell out of the picture. Amazed that 
> the result was any good at all. I should have posted the uncropped picture 
> just for bragging rights, but I guess you know how good even real old 
> Leica lenses are.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Tulip+Tree+Flower.jpg.html
>
> Finally, I periodically try to get some shots at my bird feeder with the 
> 90mm lens.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Bird+Feeder.jpg.html
>
> And I noticed another bird watcher looking out the window.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Another+Bird+Watcher.jpg.html
>
>
> C&C Welcome
>
> Herb
>
> -- 
> Herbert Kanner
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> 650-326-8204
>
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