[LRflex] Re: "Salud" to Robert Doisneau (1912 --1994

Nice shots Eric,

pity the focus in the first one is on the background, but there's somethin=
g about this shot I like very much.
The following two are superb, the light is typically =22Tuscanian=22 and I=
 was wondering if you did end up with a mighty punch on the nose into the =
bargain, but apparently not, good for you (he laughs).

Thanks for sharing Eric

Post more when you can.
Yours

Phil...x

Ps: your gear seems to be perfectly enjoyable from what I can sense in you=
r comments.
 =



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>Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:40:02 -0700
>De: LEICAFLEX <leicaflex=40gmail.com>
>A: leicareflex=40freelists.org
>Sujet: =5BLRflex=5D =22Salud=22 to Robert Doisneau (1912 --1994)
>
>=22Buonasera=22 Philippe, Fabio and fellow Leica photogs.....Well, are yo=
u
>ready?.......
>
>Here are my 'tribute' photos to Robert Doisneau, esp. his famous but
>posed =22Kiss =40 City Hall=22 that was sold in 2005 for a quarter millio=
n
>USD.  My favorite genre is to record our collective human experience,
>and here is one aspect of it represented in the following 4 shots.
>They were all taken at dusk in Florence on March 14 '07 with a
>Tri-Elmar on Kodak Ultracolor 400UC film, then scanned into TIFF at
>the drugstore's Fuji Frontier and converted to JPG at home.  I also
>applied the free version of Neat Image to reduce noise.
>
>They were all taken on the bridge parallel (i.e. next bridge) to Ponte
>Vecchio on River Arno. Fabio, perhaps you have the name of this bridge
>that seems to inspire so much romance at sunset.
>
>1. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Florence/Kiss01web=5F001.jp=
g.ht=3D
>ml
>I was nearly run over while standing in the middle of the road to take
>this shot:
>Admittedly my zone focussing was not so good.....I didn't have time to
>accurately focus the Tri-Elmar with the rangefinder due to oncoming
>traffic.
>
>2. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Florence/Kiss03web=5F001.jp=
g.ht=3D
>ml
>Passion inspires spontaneity.  They were oblivious to the world.
>
>3. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Florence/Kiss02.jpg.html
>May I add that they were oblivious to the world.....for a long time.
>
>4. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Florence/Kiss04web=5F001.jp=
g.ht=3D
>ml
>No AF on a Hexar RF rangefinder, so zone focussing was again needed
>for fast response.  The pair noticed me right after I took this shot,
>and they giggled, but I may have spoilt their moment and can't help
>feeling like a paparazzo.
>
>I fully expect all kinds of C&C (critiques & comments), esp. this time ;-=
) =3D
>=21
>=7E Eric Chan
>
>(P.S. Thanks to this list, I got to learn about Neat Image and Silky
>Pix. Eventually I will have to re-scan these because I noticed
>greenish fringing at high magnification, which becomes more evident if
>desaturated to B&W. So much for TIFF at the drugstore=21)
>
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>    * From: Philippe Amard <phamard=40xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    * To: leicareflex=40xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>    * Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:55:03 +0200
>
>Please do Eric - Le baiser de l'H=3DF4tel de Ville was a masterpiece as m=
any
>of us know it, even though it was staged and paid for - and I guess your
>photos will have more sincerity in them, so please DO post them, will you=
?
>Thaks in anticipation
>Yours
>Phil...x
>
>LEICAFLEX wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>This being April, I would like to propose that we take a moment to
>>remember a great Leica M-camera 'street photographer' that was born in
>>April ninety plus years ago; he left behind some classic B&W images
>>from yesteryear for us to enjoy and be inspired even today.
>>He is none other than Robert Doisneau (born April 14, 1912).
>>See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert=5FDoisneau.  This photographic
>>artist not only captured moments in time, he also captured our hearts.
>>Here's one of his most famous photographs, =22Le Baiser de l'Hotel de
>>Ville, Paris, 1950=22
>>http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Hotel-de-Ville-Posters=5Fi326179=5F.htm
>>which sold for a quarter million greenbacks in 2005=21
>>http://www.iphotocentral.com/news/article=5Fview.php/94/88/470
>>Other pictures of his are chronicled here:
>>http://www.iphotocentral.com/showcase/showcase=5Fview.php/74/1/1
>>
>>I have some photos taken in Florence, Italy from March this year, that
>>were inspired by =22Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville (The Kiss at City
>>Hall)=22, and wanted to know if I would offend anyone if I posted them
>>on this thread in homage to this French photographic artiste
>>extraordinaire=21  Please let me know your thoughts before I venture to
>>put these online, and perhaps even invite other folks on this thread
>>to share their shots in this genre?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Eric Chan
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