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Subject: [Leica] Cape Cod in Winter
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Thu Feb 23 11:17:20 2006
References: <p0623092bc023a8b91c09@[10.0.1.2]> <A5B8AD55-3F30-48BA-8528-E0860B9F14D6@ralgo.nl>

Thanks Bruce.  I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with yours.

Dick

>I enjoy 1................ and from the 15mm, 5 and 6. They both lend 
>the super-wide to the carefully controlled angles.
>
>I've got one now too (15mm) ............... just need the scanner to 
>be able to show. Epsom comes with news ............. at the PMA.
>
>Thanks for including us in your fun, Dick.
>
>B.
>
>
>On 23-feb-2006, at 19:00, Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>
>>These are from a trip to the Cape Cod National Seashore last 
>>Sunday. Day was brightly sunny but 20 F with 20 knots of breeze.  I 
>>damn near froze to death every time I got out of the car.  Nice day 
>>for photography though.
>>
>>They were all taken with a 15mm Heliar on my M3 and, remembering 
>>Ted's dictum to get low as much as possible with this lens, deep 
>>knee bends were the order of the day.  Only a few other people were 
>>out so making the shots people-free was relatively easy.  I wanted 
>>to get a barren, isolated look.  No way to do that in season.
>>
>>Marconi Station (Wellfleet) - Guglielmo Marconi's transmitting 
>>station is nothing but rubble now, erosion of the beach dunes did 
>>it in, but there is a nice memorial to the first transatlantic 
>>radio transmissions right at the edge of the dunes.
>>
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/4_00A_0136_web
>>
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/4_09A_0145_web
>>
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/4_05A_0141_web
>>
>>
>>Further out on the Cape, near Provincetown and Race Point, is 
>>Herring Cove Beach.
>>
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/5_25A_0197_bw_web
>>
>>This one works well in color, too, I think.
>>
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/5_25A_0197_web
>>
>>
>>I shot 5 rolls on this trip, so more to come as I find the time to 
>>get them ready for posting.  I think my hit rate with the 15mm lens 
>>is starting to go up.
>>
>>Comments welcome as always.   Thanks.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>
>>Dick
>>
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