Re: [Leica] Galen Rowell and Nikon

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

"Robert G. Stevens" wrote:
> 
> I saw one of Galens slide shows in Calgary in July.  I was not impressed
> with the images, technically or asthetically.  The consensus amongst the
> attendees that saw the show was that they too were not impressed with the
> quality of the images.  Nikon should perhaps pay him to not use their
> cameras :-)  A lot of the images were not that sharp and others looked
> manipulated digitally. The loss in image quality may be from this and
> perhaps the viewing of dupes rather than originals.
> 
> On another note, Galen is surprisingly short when you see him in person.  I
> would guess he is under 5.5 feet tall.  The images you see of him do not
> portray his height as being that short.  Not that height has anything to do
> with a persons skills, but it just seemed paradoxical for a well travelled
> adventurer to be so short.  I guess the Indianna Jones movies have us
> programmed to expect these adventures to be taller.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
><Snip> 
Those grads gross me out. Kinda makes him the Peter Gowland of the color
landscape but I prefer Gowland. Actively marketing stuff like Grads makes it
hard for some people like me to take your work seriously. 
Color makes it harder because it's too easy.
Mark Rabiner