I should get back to the main reason why we are reading this grouplist - not to hear one person's philosophical panderings, but to explore photography. At one point (thankfully light rays do focus to a point with a sharp lens), it is not about equipment but about the presence or absence of light.....for your sensor of your film. So it is time to share photos taken on March 14 at dawn in Pisa; I felt a bit half-dead from jet-lag, but couldn't sleep so I reached for the Hexar RF and climbed onto the hotel roof around 5:50AM to get these shots with Leica glass: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/MoonSetting_Dawn_web.jpg.html (Sorry about the graininess.....maybe I will re-scan this and try again) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Rooftop35ac_web.jpg.html (the sun hadn't risen yet hence the colors are soft and with little contrast) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Tower1_web.jpg.html (Tele-elmarit showing good resolution here) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Tower2_web.jpg.html (.....and Tri-Elmar at ground level later on that same morning) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Cherubs_amp_Tower.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Cherubs.jpg.html (closer to the cherubs statue - f4 on the Tri-Elmar doesn't blur the background enough for me) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/PisaCampo.jpg.html (stepping back across the street and pressing my back to the wall allowed me to use the window awnings as a frame for this 8AM view of the Pisa Tower campus; Tri-ELmar @ 28mm) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Pisa/Battistero.jpg.html (I was quite surprised how much compression effect the Tele-Elmarit affords even at 90mm) All these shots taken with Kodak Ultracolor 400UC were scanned into TIF at my local drugstore - unfortunately I saw some yellow fringing while working on them with PS, but decided to post them anyway hoping the downsized jpeg's won't be too telling. If I have time, I will re-scan these shots and re-post on the Leica Gallery pages. Flavio, I hope that I've done the regality of Toscano no injustice with my typical tourist shots of your homeland! I wish that there was more artistry in these shots - but I'm looking forward to hearing some critiques all the same. "Buon giorno", Eric Chan ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
