Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like there are different European countries on a few square meters: the Hearst Castle syndrome :-) Nice one of the lady catching some sun. Thanks for showing, Philippe > From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:01:23 -0400 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] CLOISTERS/PEOPLE > > The Cloisters in upper Manhattan is a reproduction of a Medieval > castle set on a tall bluff overlooking the Hudson. It's about > 70-years old. The Metropolitan Museum of Art operates it as a museum > of Medieval art. I have been trying to get people in my photos more > often and used this visit to push the envelope a bit. > > Visitors looked at art: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/03_29_0341_web > > Studied the castle: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/03_23_0335_web > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/04_15_0302_web > > and just took in the warm late-September mid-afternoon sun. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/06_02_0177_web > > These were all shot with an M7 and either a current version 50 > Elmarit or 35 mm Summicron ASPH on Fuji Press 400 film. The images > are from professional 2 K x 3K scans converted to B&W in Photoshop > with only the usual cropping and level tweaking done in connection > with the conversion. > > Comments welcome as always. > -- > Regards, > > Dick > Boston MA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >