[Leica] A short walk from my house

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

Le 18 f?vr. 11 ? 23:06, Herbert Kanner a ?crit :

>
> 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

We have some here, these might well be of the "weeping" species -  
usure about this though
I keep trying to get the twirl and invariably fails to come up with  
something as good as this one

>
> 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
>
At least, this is personal choice and not didacted by market  
research ;-)


> A bit further on was an interesting group of birch trees.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Stand+of+Birch.jpg.html

Lovely neighbourhood and bunch - a warning, if they're yours, they're  
too close to one another for one, and the roots will cause heavy  
damage to the surrounding constructions - our experience at Mutz where  
the wall around the garden has already suffered a lot
>
> 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
Magnolia - so early in the year - you're lucky
>
> 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
>
Lovely too Herbert - delicate fur tones through the window, the gear  
is up to the task.

A general remark, as soon as I opened the first photo, I was sure it  
had been shot using an M9, this camera has a colour signature indeed  
which shows in the blues and the shadows.

Thanks for sharing
Philippe

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