Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first one for me Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 11:54?PM Richard Clompus via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I recently attended a one day workshop with well known fashion > photographer, Mark dePaola at the Washington DC Leica shop. Mark has been > photographing models for over 30 years mainly with Noctilux lenses wide > open. It was a great experience learning how to photograph in ways I had > not considered. I have always wondered how different photographers made > their images. This was one way to find out. It was a very different > experience compared to Ralph Gibson's workshop in 2016 at the San Francisco > Leica shop. Two different master photographers who look at the world very > differently. Both experiences equally rewarding. > > Here are a few images I took after the workshop as a tourist using a 50mm > f1 Noctilux that I?ve used for over 20 years. It was a fun weekend in DC. > Too many museums and restaurants that were not visited. A return trip is > needed. > > Tourists on the Mall: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/The+Washington+Mall.jpg.html > > 3 Ducks on the Mall: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/3+Ducks+on+the+Mall.jpg.html > > Abraham Lincoln Memorial: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/Lincoln+Memorial.jpg.html > > Enjoy. > > Be well, > Richard > > Richard Clompus > Roanoke, VA > > > > > > On May 16, 2023, at 9:20 PM, Ric Carter <ric at CartersXRd.net> wrote: > > > > Gorgeous > > > > Ric > > > > > > > >> On May 16, 2023, at 8:11 PM, Richard Clompus via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > >> > >> Aram, thanks for sharing. I traveled to Yosemite in 2018 and hired a > photography guide to take me to some interesting areas. We hiked to > Cathedral Rock at 4:30am to capture the sunrise. I combined 5 images to > capture the dynamic range of the morning light. I didn?t realize the name > of the location until you posted your image. > >> > >> You can view the photo at: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/Yosemite+Sunrise+Cathedral+Rock.jpg.html > >> > >> It was hard to photograph at Yosemite because almost every view there > has been photographed countless number of times by Ansel Adams and visitors > to the park. I was a bit surprised at the number of dead and dying trees > due to an infestation of the pine beetle. Other areas were burned out from > forest fires. Rock climbers frequently scale the cliffs. An experienced > rock climber died the week we visited. Its a busy place in the summer. It > is majestic and worth the effort to get there. > >> > >> Be well, > >> Richard > >> > >> Richard Clompus > >> Roanoke, VA > >> > >>> On May 16, 2023, at 1:31 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> Like last fall, I brought my R8 on this trip. Had a few 20 year old > Fujicolor 400 films in the freeze so thought I'd give them a try. Part of > this trip was to deliver an M3 to someone in SoCal, so I shot half a roll > in the M3 on the way down then the last half in the R8 in Yosemite. I also > had another film camera long, a Kodak Retina Type 118 from 1936. I still > have the film in that camera so will have to post some later if they turn > out. Flaky shutter in that camera. > >>> > >>> Here are a few shots with the R8 in Yosemite. Reflection of Cathedral > Rock taken across the Merced river by the base of El Capitan. > >>> > >>> Cathedral Rock Reflection-56 (leica-users.org) < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Cathedral+Rock+Reflection-56.jpg.html > > > >>> > >>> And a few views of Mt. Watkins over Mirror Lake > >>> > >>> Mirror Lake-69 (leica-users.org) < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Mirror+Lake-69.jpg.html> > >>> > >>> Mirror Lake-70 (leica-users.org) < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Mirror+Lake-70.jpg.html> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Aram Langhans > >>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > >>> & Unemployed photographer > >>> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin > himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information