Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/24

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Subject: [Leica] Something rather different
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed Nov 24 11:02:49 2004
References: <200411241013.aa26877@bath.ac.uk>

Your pictures are, as always, superb. The fact that you have no people 
in them and they are still fabulous is a credit to your eye. I take 
pictures of this type but have never taken a street picture worth a jot 
in my life.
Frank
On 24 Nov, 2004, at 10:12, John Beeching wrote:

> Dear Fellow LUGgers,
>
> I usually walk to and from work: a thirty five minute brisk walk that 
> takes
> me along busy streets, run-down areas, a short-cut through a church 
> yard, up
> a steep hill via a posh part and finally by woods and fields.  I am as
> likely to encounter down-and-outs as foxes or deer.  When the light is 
> good,
> I often take my camera and 50mm Summicron and occasionally, 
> particularly on
> the way back, take some pictures.  One day I encountered a fork and 
> felt
> drawn to photograph it.  On subsequent occasions I photographed other
> details.  I wasn't sure what to do with this pictures, which intrigued 
> me
> but lacked the human content of most of my pictures.  However, I 
> decided to
> edit them into a group that more or less follows my walk to work.  The 
> other
> weekend I came across a doll, photographed it and felt that the set was
> complete.  So, here they are:
> http://staff.bath.ac.uk/bssjrb/Photographic/minutiae/minut.htm
> I must admit that I am still not sure of them; therefore, I welcome 
> your
> comments and criticisms more than usual.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> _
> John Beeching
> http://staff.bath.ac.uk/bssjrb/Photographic/photo.htm
>
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