Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jim. >Hi Richard: > >I like the first and third of the Great Meadows shots. The first for >the family feeling and the third for the breadth of the view. > >Of the Vineyard Sound photos, I like the "high Seas" feeling I get >from the first. > >Jim > > >Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >>Late-July and early-August were cruel in New England this year. We >>suffered almost four weeks of continuous high heat and unbearable >>humidity. It made us all a bit cranky. >> >>Late last week, though, New England came through with the kind of >>weather that makes us all mystified at why anyone would live >>anywhere else. The temperature settled into the high-70s, the >>humidity stayed low and the air was clear as crystal. In a month >>or so, these conditions will come with a sharp bite in the air that >>signals the beginning of Fall, but there was none of that last >>week. We had five beautiful, languid summer days in a row and >>couldn't believe our luck. >> >>These were taken in the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in >>Concord MA last Friday. >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/R0010734_web >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/R0010738_web >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/great_meadows_pano_5_web >> >>The wind was honking on Vineyard Sound and the chop running 3-4 >>feet on Sunday. I went sailing with friends on their 23 footer: >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/R0010763_web >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/R0010792_web >> >>Power boaters like to pound through heavy chop. This guy hit a >>wave at about 20 knots and just about buried himself in water. >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/R0010811_crop2_web >> >>This is a tight (about 50%) crop from the original 28mm equivalent >>image and there's some image motion here despite it having been >>shot at about 1/750th. >> >>All Ricoh GR Digital. Program Mode. SNAP focus. >> >>The more I use this camera, the more I'm convinced it is the proper >>digital analog of the earliest Leicas. With its small size, small >>sensor, and excellent optics, it's the kind of digital camera Leica >>should have produced first. >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick