Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like mostly the image of the individual with the paper crown sitting below the painting. Excellent. Cheers Wilber GFE OAO2 John Brownlow wrote: > Sorry to bombard y'all but I've had a busy weekend. I have just put up a > documentary project I did about mental illness, titled MUNSTER ROAD > (honestly, that was the name of the place) and invite you to pay a visit. > > For the leicanuts, all of the pictures were shot using a Leica M3 fitted > with the very wonderful and underrated (and cheap) 50s vintage Canon 28/2.8 > LTM lens, which has a marvellously gentle softness wide open, rather like > the 35/1.4 Summilux but less extreme. > > These pictures actually won some kind of prize, but I honestly can't > remember what. I think maybe it was the annual South Bank Photo competition > or something. I've written a little bit about this project to go with the > pictures. > > The URL is: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/munsterroad > > Also, for those of you who've enjoyed the Human Traffic project, I have put > up another fifty or so pictures (!), and split the site into four portfolios > for ease of viewing. > > The URL for this is: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/humantraffic > > Finally, I spent the afternoon on Kite Hill on Hampstead Heath, where a gale > was blowing and a lot of people were trying unsuccessfully to keep their > feet while flying kites. It was extremely funny, and I was glad I had my > camera with me, even if a tight self-loaded roll snapped in the camera > (ack!), and the dog got irritated with me not throwing her frisbee. Anyway, > I just wondered if anyone else here has had fun photographing folks flying > kites? > > Over & out! > > -- > John Brownlow > > photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk