Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: NYC Washington Square Pillow Fight 2012
From: gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:15:29 +0100
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A nice series of shots Geoff although I would echo Richards comments that 
they appear either too contrasty of too dark in the shadow areas for me. I 
find the watch a bit distracting in image L107474 and personally I would 
crop above the a rem, but that is personal taste.

Gerry

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On 8 Apr 2012, at 08:38, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Fun series Phil, but I can feel my nose itching.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> 
> On 8 April 2012 16:14, Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Today I found myself in the middle of one of the biggest pillow fights
>> in the nation, if not the world. Casualties were minimal. An aperture
>> blade in my 10.5cm Nikkor LTM lens got knocked loose so it's stuck wide
>> open now until I repair it when I get back to Philly next week (things
>> could be worse, really; f/2.5 is what that lens was made for.) I shot
>> about 760 images with the M9 and a whopping whole roll of B&W film with
>> my M4. This was one of those cases where the aperture priority of the
>> M9 came in handy. If I ever do get rid of it, I'm gonna have to get an
>> M7 in case I wind up in another pillow fight...
>> 
>> Here's the album of a few photos:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NYC_Oct3108/Apr12_PillowFight/
>> Certainly more images to be added in the next few days.
>> Comments an critique always appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks all,
>> Phil Forrest
>> 
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In reply to: Message from rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler) ([Leica] IMG: Just a bench...)
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