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Subject: [Leica] Cobra Replica kit parallel lines
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue May 27 00:13:28 2008
References: <C45F6B80.8C24%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Another case of bribery and corruption revealed!!! ;-)
Nice shots of a beautiful car - the lines of the Cobra just never look 
old-fashioned.
Thanks for posting
Douglas

Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 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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