Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 28 Dec 2021Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: >The second full day of my visit to New Jersey gave me some great light, in more ways than one. >Boxing Day started with a beatiful sunrise over Manhattan: >https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3dpgfzg/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3dpgfzg/A> >In the afternoon, we visited some relatives of my wife in the Malba area of northern Queens (every Puerto Rican has relatives in New York!). Many houses in the neighbourhood >were decorated for Christmas, some decidedly over-the-top: >https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-V5Rgjr2/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-V5Rgjr2/A> >We drove to a spot from where there was a nice view of one of the lesser-known among New York?s many bridges, the Whiteston Bridge which links Queens and the Bronx across >the East River: >https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kVvf8d7/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kVvf8d7/A> >Afterwards, we drove back to New Jersey and spent the evening with our son, daughter-in-law and the grand-pets. Around midnight, walking back to my hotel, I enjoyed a great >view of Midtown Manhattan: >https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xKCDx4K/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xKCDx4K/A> >These were all made with my Fuji X-E3. But I have also been shooting film with the gorgeous Olympus OM4T that I bought from Bill Barber in Texas who shipped it to my son last >week, along with two Zuiko lenses, a 50mm and an 85mm. It is a truly beautiful piece of equipment, for me the pinnacle of late 1980s film SLRs. I am still on the toe of the learning >curve of course, but I am really enjoying it. >Cheers, >Nathan ======================================================================================================================================== Four very fine shots, especially the last. I used to use an OM-1n and an OM-2n, but my favorite was the OM-4 also. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amagayneroshak at gmail.com <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt