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Subject: [Leica] Cobra Replica kit parallel lines
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun May 25 19:02:58 2008
References: <C45F6B80.8C24%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Very nice, Mark.  Thanks for sharing.  It also shows an approach that other 
parents might do well to adopt. It teaches both dedication and patience, 
which are traits that are scarce these days.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 6:16 PM
Subject: [Leica] Cobra Replica kit parallel lines


> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/automobiles/collectibles/25COBRA.html?_r=1
> &oref=slogin
> Or
> http://tinyurl.com/63rko8
>
> I walked the wild side and left my zooms at home on this one. I could
> pretend I was shooting with my Leica M's.
> Shot with a 28mm 1.4 wide open on a D200 hand held.
> And also with a 14 2.8 at F8 with a bubble level on the hot shoe and a
> tripod so most the shots were shot totally level which worked out well 
> with
> the structural elements of blue lift in the garage. Its how I always used 
> to
> shoot a superwide Hasselblad I borrowed from a LUG person for a month 
> years
> ago. Always level on a little tripod waist high most the time. With its
> built in bubble level.
> Its nice to see all those parallel lines. Very satisfying. And the car 
> would
> be portrayed more accurately of course.
>
> The section in which they are unpacking the truck were done by the family
> not by me.
> This has multi sections and is not part of the series I've been doing all
> year.
>
> ....................
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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