robweatherburn Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Thought you guys might like to see some results from this old 929 Leica Ia camera - more appropriate here than on the Leica forum these days. All handheld images - at about 1.5 seconds - the original lens wide open. The two of the fireworks are crops from larger negs; the first one just a very small section! I've not had such good results with my medium format Zeiss Ikonta - don't seem to handle it so well - my fault, I'm sure. Rob<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 -from this old 929 Leica- I coldn`t imaging a Leica from the 10th century :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 Hi Luis - mm - very rare - found during a 'dig' in Libya! Hey - glad you like the fireworks - the uncoated lens does pretty well.... Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_degroot Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 the first time I looked it was a clear photo of fireworks NOW it is a blurry b & w photo of??? what's up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm2 Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 What a horrible picture! Not a good advertisement for Leica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikon_f Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Whatever you mean by "Not good for Leica", Dan? A bad picture is a bad picture regardless of what gear was used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 Well, there you - go - I spent hours working to get it like that. Sharp and clear is not always what I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio_ortega Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Rob. Envy is free. Your pictures are diferent. Abstrac. And the the coloured ones, very pleasent. I like them very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 Lucio - I appreciate you taking the trouble to comment for me. I know my work is far from mainstream these days - especially these days - but am still surprised at rudeness when it comes like that. Thanks again Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Rob, Critics are good, but if they came from people that have nothing to show, better not hear to them. Curiously, walter degroot, Dan Fromm and Nikon F �nice nick name, anyway- have not anything to show as. No pictures. Nothing. Why? I like Bjorn Rorslett`s pictures. For instance the one bellow. Imagine what this gentlemen are going to say about this shot if Bjorn crops the shot like you did with yours. Gratefully for your shots, Rob. Hope our friend Bjorn forgive me for steal and crop one of his image, for an instant, to reinforce my argument. Bjorn Rorslett`web site: http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_surv.html<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Croped<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 Luis - hi there! - Just had a look at your photonet pics - beautiful work there - and love Master and Pupil! And the wildlife!! And where is that old town? Thanks for looking at my work..... and stepping in for me. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm2 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Luis, to my eye the example you borrowed from Bjorn Roslett is also horrible and the crop from it is worse. As to why I don't post images here, well, as I keep telling you guys I'm non digital. Not anti-digital, non digital. I have used a borrowed digital P&S to make a few illustrations for eBay listings and shots of gear, and that's it. If you want me to post images here -- my choice, of course -- send money to pay for having them scanned. I accept PayPal. Rob, when you post in a public forum you must expect responses that won't please you. I think you're wrong to confuse a polite bad report with rudeness. But then, accusing people who don't agree of being rude is a common tactic here on photo.net. Its at best stupid, at worst dishonest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Rob, it is a pleasure. Thanks to you for losing time seeing my pictures. The Master and Pupil shot was taken at Hyde Park Corner in London, I believe about 1972. Meanwhile every body was interested in somebody else; this young guy was recording what the old communist was saying. No more people was around, but the pupil and the photographer. Regarding the old village it is in Spain. You can see few more details in this page: http://www.luistriguez.net/pedrobernardo/pedrobernardo.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 Dan - your prerogative. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Dan, I`ll really like to watch your pictures, but I`m afraid I have no more credit to send money via PayPal. Sorry, but this is true. Maybe next year. Thanks, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 Luis - your marching soldiers reminded me of this - with a lineup. Taken in Brasil - folkdance group. rob<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 wow� Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Please moderator, give me 5 minutes before rub out this post. It is only a test to my non English board. Thank you. ﾪ!"ﾷ$%&/()=?*^è_:; ﾺ1234567890'ﾡ+`çﾴ-., \|@#~ﾬ][}{ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 Luis - It was a pleasure to see your work on your site - and to chat - in such a disjointed way - on here. Thankyou for your support - and the pleasure it gave me to see your work. Can you tell me? In your bio photo you are holding a bird. What is it? A hawk of some kind. Please keep in touvh - and thankyou again. Best regards Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Rob, The bird is a royal kite. It is as big as an eagle. I collaborate with some other friends to heal wounded protected animals from illegal hunters. We are in a country estate far from civilization. That day, in the photo, I was freeing Pedro (that was the name I gave him) after three months of recovery from his heavy injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 6, 2006 Author Share Posted May 6, 2006 Luis - thank you for replying on the photonet thread - I hope you don't mind that I have contacted you on your email address. What a wonderful thing you are doing!! Have you read Axel Munthe's beautiful book - The Story of San Michele - written many years ago In it he talks about his efforts to help and protect birds on the Italian islands. I am in Malta, and this week three hawks were seen shot within an hour - and reported in the local press. It seems there is no stopping either legal or illegal hunting here. The madness is endemic. A few years ago - in Greece - I watched from a boat as hunters on Delos shot down one of a pair of grey kites. I dived into the sea and tried to rescue it, but it died on the cabin top. The hunters' boat came near to us, and when my friend shouted at them, they swung their guns at us. That killing - on the sacred island where hunting is prohibited - was even more distressing as the kite's mate was still circling and looking for it some 5 hours later. I had no option but to put the dead bird back in the sea. I understand the Grey Kite is a protected species. I took photos of the dead bird, and wrote an article about this - it appeared in the Yachting magazine - Cruising Helmsman. I doubt it did any good at all. Thank you for your efforts with wild animals. My very best regards and wishes for your efforts Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Since the discussion has turned to other than the 929 Leica, I will post an image here (not made with an entirely classic gear, only piece of close to 1970s gear would be the the close-up diopter I had- a Leitz macrotar- on the lens). <p> <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/3931517-lg.jpg"></center> <p> My friend Dan is a sharpness freak. I have had the chance to see one of his entire Kodachrome rolls of macro shots. Brilliantly done, every single frame of it. <p> Rob, If you have an image that does not disturb someone one way or the other, it may not be very appealing! :-) <p> Luis, Good posts, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Luis, As I said to you a while ago, you worry about unimportant things. English language is one of those things. Even the socalled "native" English speakers can hardly spell right or type a sentence that is grammatically correct, not to mention properly understanding what is actually posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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