Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a month April is. Every year we have 4/14 - My Mother In Law birthday. This year it's her 70th. 4/15 - Anniversary of my Mom's passing in 1987 :-( 4/15 - Tax day, enough said. 4/16 - My Mom's birthday 4/19 - My birthday 4/19 - Columbine, Waco... Added to that this year, on 4/18, we have the passing our my Mother In Law's dog, Stuart, whom we raised for her as a pup. Nevertheless, this birthday was better than most I can recall in recent memory. Kids drew me cards etc. They made my favorite custard pie... hmmm... I took it easy at work and went for a hike with my wife and the young pup. Even though the light is harsh at late afternoon, of course I took my camera. I am trying out new film too, Neopan 400 (I know, 400 is too high speed for sunny outdoor but 400 film is what I usually shoot, so may as well use that...). After many rolls of Tri-X, which I like a lot, I am trying out Neopan 400 mainly because it's $.70 cheaper at B&H Photo. I went for a 1+1 Xtol soup as well. The results look pretty decent. I think I will buy a brick of the Neopan tomorrow. A few pictures came out half decent, including a rare picture of me. Nothing spectacular of course, but may be you will enjoy them too: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/041906/ Comments, suggestions, welcome. // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)