Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/02/11
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I worked out what happened. For some reason the camera was spitting out
JPEGs, that weren't quite right. I used those in the original post.. I
think my darkroom software couldn't handle them for some reason.
With this lo. I went through the original RAW files and created new
JPEGs and shipped them over. And lo and behold!
Peter
On 11/02/2025 20:06, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote:
> Worth the wait!
>
> Regards,
> Sonny
> www.SonC.Com/Look
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 12:05?PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
>
>> HOPEFULLY I HVE FIXED LAST NIGHT'S ISSUE WHICH WAS AT THIS END
>> ==============================================================
>>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> the other day I took myself to see the historic cathedral church of St.
>> Mary the Virgin and St. Ethelbert. The following are some pictures that
>> I took.
>>
>> This is the view from the north transept looking toward the organ and
>> the south aisle. It gives a sense of the scale of the place.
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Nave_from_north_aisle.jpg.html
>>
>> The (now much-restored) Norman pillars are enormous:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/North_aisle_pillars.jpg.html
>>
>> Similarly this view of the lectern and pillars looking towards the north
>> aisle, with the shrine of St. Thomas Canteloup in the distance:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Pillar_and_Lectern.jpg.html
>>
>> The bishop's seat ("cathedra") has beautiful carvings in wood. They
>> appear to be 19th century:
>>
>> The two together:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Pair.jpg.html
>>
>> I have had discussions with my art historian brother about the
>> iconography and we think that this is The Virgin Mary as a pregnant
>> mother (the scroll reads "Behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah"):
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Virgin+Mary.jpg.html
>>
>> and the second The Virgin as Queen of Heaven:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Queen_of_Heaven_01.jpg.html
>>
>> At the end of the same row is St.Michael(?)
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Archangel_choir.jpg.html
>>
>>
>> The cathedral also houses a number of carved misericords (seats on which
>> monks sat and which flipped up when they stood). The oldest are 15th
>> century, possibly older. They traditionally have carvings on the arm
>> rests and underneath. These are all 19th century:
>>
>> This probably Saint Michael again from a misericord:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Justice.jpg.html
>>
>> I was taken by this jester and this bear, although I don't recognise the
>> significance of the chained bear with a shield bearing a single
>> fleur-de-lys:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Jester.jpg.html
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Hereford+Cathedral/Bear_and_chain.jpg.html
>>
>>
>>
>> In any case, thanks for looking and as ever your C&Cs are much
>> appreciated -and for your understanding!.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for looking and as ever your C&Cs are much appreciated.
>>
>> Peter
>> --
>>
>> Dr. Peter Dzwig
>>
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