[Leica] Peter Does Oregon, with a Leica

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Peter,
Crater Lake 7.30 and Crater Lake Symmetry are absolutely beautiful,
breathtaking scenery and photography to match it.
Douglas

Peter Klein wrote:

> Here are some first picks from my vacation trip to the "Dry Side" of 
> Oregon last week.
> 
> Smith Rocks State Park in Wagnerian mode:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18710029SmithRocks
> 
> Americana(?) in Roslyn, Washington:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18720024Roslyn
> 
> A National Geographic moment in the Newberry lava fields:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18740021KatyaLava
> 
> A GeeBee moment at an abandoned 1930s hydroelectric station, White River 
> Falls.  Sorry, no sheep:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18750019ForGeeBee
> 
> Family snap mode, White River Falls:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18750022KatyaWhiteRivFalls
> 
> A Native American fishing in the traditional manner:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18750028IndianFishing
> 
> Just outside of Sisters, OR:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18760013Sisters
> 
> Crater Lake from an overlook on the western shore:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18750013CraterLkOverlook
> 
> Last light at Crater Lake Lodge, with a little something extra:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18760030CraterLkLastLite
> 
> Crater Lake, 7:30 AM:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18760035CraterLk
> 
> Crater Lake Symmetry:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225/18760037CraterLkSymm
> 
> The whole album, if you want to browse it via the thumbnails:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album225
> 
> Enjoy, comments welcome.
> 
> Technical stuff:  1544x1024 Noritsu scans of mostly Fuji Press 400 shot 
> at 250, with a bit of curve adjustment, resizing, and resharpening.  
> M6TTL with 21/4 VC, 35/2 Summicron (4th Gen), 50/2 DR Summicron, and 
> 90/3.5 VC.  I will probably do 4000 dpi scans of a few of these myself 
> for printing, but these will have to do for the Web due to time 
> constraints.  Ballard Camera in Seattle did a nice job with the scans.  
> I asked them to scan a little darker than normal, and the JPGs came out 
> quite usable.  Glaring sun on snow still blows out, but the rest is OK, 
> and I can usually lighten the midtones and shadows well enough for the 
> Web.  Next time I'll ask for a bit less sharpening, as the originals 
> look a bit "crunchy."
> 
> --Peter
> 
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