Tony Rowlett

I reread your post and saw that you said "end of September" but that's OK, because you'll still have lots of colors. It's just that you'll see more of the yellows on the ground instead of in the trees.

Photo Wright Labs on Fireweed Lane in Anchorage is a good pro lab, so no matter what film you bring with you, and if you get into Anchorage at all during your trip, you won't have to wait until you get home to get some of your film developed.<p>

For what it's worth, you'll see splendid arrays of yellows, greens, oranges, and reds up here during the time you'll be here. It's very beautiful during September. I think you'll enjoy your trip.

The appeal of this photograph to me comes from not ever having seen an

actual railroad engineer shovel coal into the steam engine. Pretty

interesting. I think grimy-dirty industry like this makes such an

excellent subject for B&W photography.

For additional info beyond what may be posted here, check out <a

href="http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003

DWS">this thread</a>.

She is very photogenic while he seems not so much. Nice portrait

shots. For being a B&W person myself, I like the color here much

better for some reason.

This is a great subject. Certainly best to take 20 pics instead of

just a few becuase kids are always moving.

Reminds me of my mom's fuddy-duddy, bridge-playing, cheek-pinching,

giddy friends! This is a cute moment. Well captured.

No, there is no direct way to search in this or any of the LUSENET

forums. This is why we are lax about repeated topics, although I

strenuously encourage forum users to look through the categories, and

to please pick a category.<p>

This brings up another question: Are the categories sound? Some

obviously aren't being used at all, while others seem to work as

catch-alls with hundreds of posts. I need help with this. A good

scheme for the categorization of threads will work wonders toward

users being able to find answers and reduce repeat questions, as long

as appropriate categories are chosen.<p>

My two requests: 1) Please pick categories when you post! 2) Please

give me feed back on categories!

For non-photo.net db images, height and width tags for image files

ending in .JPG (not scripts, as in photo.net db) are appreciated by

the viewer because they allow the rest of the web page text to load

while the image loads independenly in a sized box that is pre-drawn to

the specification of the height and width tags. Photo.net db images,

such as this one, don't need the height and width tags because of the

"size=" parameter in which case a script sets the size for you and

allows following text to load before the image finishes.<p>

Interesting photograph. I think the background to the left is sort of

distractingly bright, though. His expression is the best thing.

Sent just now:<p>

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Dear LUSENET Support,

 

New answers today are appearing out of order in the Leica Photography

Q&A. They are appearing at the top, above answers that are a day or

months old. Can you please help?

 

Tony Rowlett

Leica Photography Q&A Forum Maintainer

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FYI: The LUSENET software appears to be inserting quite a few new answers at the top of threads instead of at the end. I've no idea why. I'll write to the lusenet support gurus to see if they can fix.

This may be a really dumb question, but I've been wanting to ask anyway: Is the Macro Adapter-R sold separately? It was hinted somewhere that it is packaged with the lens. True?

And, like the one of the little boy who has such "adult" posture, this

gentleman has such a child-like posture.

This reminds me so well of the photograph of the little boy in the art

museum entitled "The Art Critic" (I think). I don't know the

photographer's name, but I can look it up later. Priceless because of

his adult-like, contemplative posture. This photograph is an

interesting and opposing parallel: Adult looking at juvenile art v.

child viewing mature art.

Questions showing up under "New Questions" will now be 7 or fewer days old. The old setting was 14 days. After 7 days, they become listed only under their categories.

I greatly like the composition with quite a few details surrounding

her: pillow at opposite end of bed, lamps, handbag, "clock," and

wastebasket. They all completely and perfectly describe her

profession. Your photograph really tells the story nicely. I also

like the matching colors in the objects.

1) We broke 9,000 messages today and<p>

2) We're also listed from the links page on the <a href="http://www.lhsa.org/">Leica Historical Society's web site</a>.<p>

Hmm. I got my Noct, at least in part, because of <a

href="http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Noctilux.htm">Robert

Steven's Noctilux page</a> which was sort of a "last straw" for me,

too. Thanks for posting that, Al!

Don't DO that!!! You freaked me out. Here I was sure that the title

of your post meant that you (trembling) dropped and smashed one of

your Leica lenses onto the ground or something!!!!! *whew*<p>

From now on, by decree, the word "Horror" will not be used in the

titles of posts unless, of course, *ahem* .... you DO suffer a

horror.

<p>

I'm just kidding of course. Just hope those Konica body caps are

strong enough. Sure wouldn't put my 75 'lux or, of all things, the

f/1 lens on one, though.

I've always liked Holloway's web site, ever since he started the Photo

a Day (PAD)project in early 2000. Really great candid/people/street

photography.

I will be forever envious of your skills, Mike. This is really

excellent. One nit is the bright spot on her forehead which

presumably is the reflection of the blub (?) but it kind of looks like

a discoloration. I really like the catch-lights in her eyes and the

reflection on her lips.

This is great, but, the man is already short enough... why did you

have to cut off his feet? But I like this photograph.

I like this, too. This is leaps and bounds the most important kind of

photograph one could ever take. I agree with Sruan about your wife's

left hand and other framing details. I also agree that your daughter

being slightly out of focus is not a bad thing. I think your wife is

emphasized nicely on account of it, yet your daughter is still

depicted perfectly in all her babiness. I think the exposure and

overall "tonality" of this photograph is wonderful. Maybe it's easy

for some, but I often have a difficult time achieving, as with this

photograph, nice whites of people's eyes, teeth, and white shirts

without blowing out the highlights.

For those who don't frequent <a href="http://www.photo.net">photo.net</a>, I was just pleasantly surprised to see

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/leica/m6">Kirk Tuck's Leica M6 Review</a> now there. Accompanying his review are quite a few really nice Leica pics. Check it out.

When all is said and done, you probably shouldn't thank anyone; you

should probably blame and ultimately loathe anyone who convinces you

to spend so much money!! :-)