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Subject: [Leica] Antarctica through our eyes (and lens)
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Wed May 3 02:16:45 2006
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Thanks Ric: I am still working on the FOM2 stuff, but it is going to be 
very slow. Oh well we must not rush a good thing. Now that Helen has 
won a trip to the arctic in 2007, I will be hoping to add some images 
of Polar bears before they become extinct ;-)

Cheers and thanks again.
On 03/05/2006, at 0:19, Ric Carter wrote:

> Firkin--
>
> After a too short browse of your Antarctic photos, I think we should 
> all give you a  sabbatical on shopping FOM2 around.
>
> The stuff you brought back is simply wonderful and deserving of a book 
> itself. The colors, the forms, the atmosphere, are all beautiful.
>
> But they don't make want to be there;^)
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies
>
> On May 2, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> Although I have examples taken with the 205TCC h'blad, this image was 
>> taken with the Olympus E500. Getting to the darkroom, printing and 
>> then making some sort of digital image from the prints is too long a 
>> process in this modern slap them up age ;-) Still, if you come to 
>> visit here in Ballarat, the blad versions are more likely to appear 
>> on the wall ;-)
>>
>> I must add, that the E500 is a very nice unit.
>>
>> On 02/05/2006, at 23:39, Kenneth Frazier wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On May 1, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> The image you have chosen was taken almost at water level:
>>>
>>> What camera/lens did you use on this image?  It really struck a 
>>> chord with me.  I know lots of folks find the animal shots 
>>> appealing, but this one really appeals to my sensibilities.
>>>
>>> Great work....
>>>
>>> Ken
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> The Rev. Kenneth Frazier
>>> Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ
>>> ----------------------------------
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/6sc2r
>>>
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/bjvfn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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