Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful, Kyle. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:44 PM Subject: [Leica] [img] snowpocalypse photo from the GF-1 - beautiful magic > Hey foks - > Went out Wednesday during the snowpocalypse, with the GF-1 here's a shot > during the storm: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/blizzard-1.jpg > > the camera got a little wet but held up admirably. I have some $9 lens > shade for it that says "LEICA SUMMICRON" in what looks like powdered sugar > (I think it's the same font from the candy hearts), that did a decent job > keeping snow off of the front lens element. > > The scene itself was ... beautiful magic, really. It was quiet, there were > people in the distance and who'd sometimes pass, but cars were absent, for > the most part. People walked in the street - the quiet was strange, all > the snow dampening sound, and, what really got me was the sky-glow from > the city hitting the clouds, and bouncing back down to earth, only to > reflect up again - it was like being inside a city-sized softbox. > > The heavy snow on the trees made them all creep lower to the ground, > making tunnels of tree where there'd been no tunnel before. > > It was a wonderful, amazing, beautiful experience. > > K > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >