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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 30: Friends and other people
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Mon Aug 1 17:51:32 2005
References: <42EE8D9C.3050908@planet.nl>

Nathan,
Were these shot in the B&W mode on your 20D or were they converted
from a RAW file?

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 8/1/05, Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote:
> For week 29, I showed you mostly colourful shots of things in my garden.
>  So for week 30 (last week), I have the opposite: only people pictures,
> and all B&W. This is, after all, a Leica list ;-)
> 
> The first four images are of friends.
> 
> My 11-year old daughter has a rich social life, and hardly a weekend
> goes by without her sleeping at a friend's house or having a friend
> visit overnight. Here is a shot of her (with glasses) and a friend just
> after waking up around noon:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_30.jpg
> 
> Our neighbour Felix lives two houses away with his partner Stefan and
> their three cats. They are great guys to be around. Felix is a fashion
> photographer, so we joke a lot about the fact that he is in a position
> to tell some of the most beautiful women in the world to "show a bit
> more leg" or lean forward a bit--and he's gay!
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_30alt1.jpg
> 
> BTW, the above two shots were taken at ISO 800 and 1600, respectively.
> The more I shoot with my DSLR, the more convinced I am that when such
> speeds are required, digital is plainly superior to film.
> 
> The next two friends are both Malaysian, but as is apparent quite
> different, illustrating both the diversity of that country and of our
> social circle here in Holland:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_30alt2.jpg (Pam)
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_30alt3.jpg (Suraya)
> 
> The last three images are of people I don't know. A happy couple on the
> Dam square in Amsterdam:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_30alt4.jpg
> 
> Another addition to my cyclist series, also from Amsterdam (I know it is
> soft due to subject movement, but sharpness is not everything):
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_30alt5.jpg
> 
> And finally, a happy young fishmonger in my town, Almere:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_30alt6.jpg
> 
> The complete PAW index is at:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2005.html
> and as always, comments and critique are gratefully welcomed.
> 
> Nathan
> --
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
> 
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> 
> 
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