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Subject: [Leica] PAW 31 - Crowd
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Mon Sep 4 14:42:04 2006
References: <44FC84C9.6000209@summaventures.com> <44FC9B57.1050601@adrenaline.com> <EDCC7CFD-C788-4D32-AD2C-2C14F9F7184C@pandora.be>

Thanks! I got the contrast down a bit during printing, and
a couple of family folk have 8x10's. I figure it must be the
pic, because they're all Democrats :-)

Thanks again.

Scott

Philippe Orlent wrote:

> And a great one, too.
> More intriguing even without the additional Reagan info IMO.
> Thanks for showing,
> Philippe
>
>
> Op 4-sep-06, om 23:32 heeft Scott McLoughlin het volgende geschreven:
>
>> The moment is nice. If I could change just one thing, I'd stop down
>> a little more to get the entire crowd more in focus. Just to enhance
>> this particular kind of shot.
>>
>> I'll add a small crowd shot, this one from a few years back.
>> This is outside the National Cathedral during Reagan's funeral. Folks
>> are watching the funeral on a tiny portable television that's out of
>> the frame and reacting in all sorts of odd ways.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/kkorw
>>
>> I'm pretty certain this was taken with the Nikkor 28/2.8 AIS. I
>> can't recall the specific film, but it was likely Tri X back then. And
>> yes, the scan is too contrasty. Maybe I'll get around to scanning
>> this frame again someday using Vuescan.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> p.s. Full URL is:
>>
>> http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps/Street/Street_1/slides/ 
>> IMG_037_8x10_usm.html
>>
>>
>> Peter Dzwig wrote:
>>
>>> OK LUG, need some advice. Does this work or not? It has been  
>>> sitting around since March and I can't make up my mind whether or  
>>> not to post it. I came across it again tonight and thought "Why  not 
>>> ask for the LUG's advice?". No flames please, just  constructive 
>>> crits please.
>>>
>>> http://gallery2.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album347/ 
>>> EnglandIrelandMarch2006.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Leica IIIf 35cm Summaron BW400CN 1/500th @ f5.6 (I think)
>>>
>>> I like taking crowd shots from time to time (missed some great  
>>> shots at the Stones the other week - didn't take a camera!!!!!).  
>>> With tcrowds you have to look a bit longer than with most  
>>> landscapes and see/imagine what is going on in people's minds/faces.
>>>
>>> This is the East Stand, at Twickenham, the home of Rugby Union  
>>> (look that up in Wikipedia!), in March this year for England .vs.  
>>> Ireland for the Five Nations Championship. Ireland had to win to  
>>> become Champions.
>>>
>>> The crowd in the stand eas from both sides and some were even  
>>> engrossed by the game. Some were getting fed up as Ireland went  
>>> ahead and stayed there and England fell to pieces. Others not,  
>>> including the (I think) Irishman in the middle-background who had  
>>> spotted me! Plenty of drinking going on though, and real support  
>>> for one side by the other.
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking. Comments, please.
>>>
>>> Peter Dzwig
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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