Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, nice one. Great expressions and the colours are very good. Regards Mark Pope Swindon, Wilts UK http://www.monomagic.co.uk - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 29 October 2001 07:18 Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 43 > Last week my children had vacation, and one day I took them to > Europapark, an amusement park near Freiburg in Germany. The park is no > worse nor better than other such facilities (think of a Disney World > copy on a smaller scale and with a distinct EU twist), but the children > had fun and that is the main thing. Whenever I go to such places I > always photograph my children on the rides. This week's photo is of some > complete strangers, though. We were on a pirate boat which swung 180 > degrees, like a giant swing on steroids. I was attracted by the family > facing me and squeezed off some shots, the best of which is: > > http://www.wajsman.com/43.jpg > > This is Leica photography as practiced by the street photographers taken > to the extreme. Since I was being equally buffeted, there is some shake > even with a relatively high shutter speed (1/250 or 1/500, I think), and > there was not much time for accurate focusing or metering. Just shoot > and hope for the best. Taken with the 35mm Summilux on Kodachrome 64. > > The complate PAW index is at: > > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm > > and comments are welcomed and appreciated as always. > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html