A quiet Sunday morning

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A quiet Sunday morning

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The Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts. 7AM:
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Nice. I'm tempted to throw in a stone!

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Here's another:
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Thanks, Greg. I especially enjoy images of still and reflective water. Such a tranquil scene.

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Here are some still waters on a Wednesday evening:

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Leica M9, Summilux 50

How much greener it is compared to April.

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drmoss_ca wrote:Here are some still waters on a Wednesday evening:

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Leica M9, Summilux 50

How much greener it is compared to April.

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Ever thought of teaching digital photography?
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Actually, I spend most of my time with film: I love developing it. These days I don't do wet prints any more, but scan the negs and then play with them in Photoshop and print via inkjet. There are even a few wierdos who chase their own tails by printing onto transparency sheets, and then making contact prints onto photographic paper. That boggles my mind!

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Two Leica MPs, taken by their younger brother, an M9.

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Chris, that's a beautifully tranquil scene from your deck. I'm also pleased to know that you still shoot film in addition to digital capture.

Those are lovely Leicas in your last photo, and the platform upon which they are perched isn't too shabby, either! :D

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Leica cameras -- <<sigh>>. :D
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i have a very poor mans leica.........lumix :lol: still trying to learn how to get past turning it on haha

The pictures posted here are always good, but how much of that magnificence comes from the photographer rather that than the camera?

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Chris,

Most excellent photos!

I'm fascinated by your mention of scanning negatives and digitaly working them.

Turns out that I have a bunch of old negatives that I need to scan & print. What sort of scanner do you use?
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And Chris!!

Ja-humpin' ludefisk!

Is that an ultra high end turntable you've posed your Leicas on?

(Sorry if I missed a thread on that - I've been away for a while)
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Ed,
I have several scanners for that job, ranging from an old Epson 4870, through a Pacific Image 35mm film scanner and a Konica Minolta 5400 Elite, to the big cahuna, the Nikon Coolscan 9000ED. If you simply want to digitise some old 35mm negs or slides, and you don't mind poorer quality, then a flatbed like a recent Epson will do the deed. You'll get better results with a dedicated film scanner though, and need not be expensive (Pacific Image, or Plustek). If you have any medium format to scan, this can be done with a flatbed, or you have to bite the big bullet and look for a Coolscan 9000. Rumours have been flying for a year as to whether they are discontinued, or whether production is intermittent. They are selling at about twice the list price at the moment. Imacon/Hasselblad are still in the market with the Flextight drum scanners, but I assume you are still sane and don't wish to sell your children to buy a scanner!
The turntable is not ultra high-end, being the lowliest SME, but it suits me. With Quad tubes and electrostatic speakers (occasionally sullied by an Ayre C5xe for CD/SACD/DVD-A as well) it's as close to the real thing as I can get. :wink:

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Chris, I like-a your Leica. And your taste in stereo equipment is excellent.* I had no idea we shared that passion.

*Cotter CM-1 preamp; Technics SP-10 mkII turntable w/obsidian base; Fletcher's "The Arm" (modified) with Win Ruby cartridge/Fidelity Research FR64 arm w/Ven den Hul One cartridge; Koss 1A electrostats/KEF 105.2/Harbeth HL-5/Spendor SP100 loudspeakers; Conrad-Johnson Premier 8/CAV50 tube amps/McIntosh MC300/Bryston 4B SST/Bryston B-60R integrated & solid-state amps. (All in storage or spoken-for <sigh>.)
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Pepperell Cove (Kittery Point, ME)
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ImageLast Sunday at the Brookline Reservoir in Massachusetts. Greg
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It's now Sunday afternoon, so here's the son reading up for one of his courses:

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Voigtlander Bessa III, TMax 100 @ ISO200, Diafine developer, scanned on Nikon 9000ED.

Too much meta-ethics is rather hard on the head, though, and he shortly after ended up like this:

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Same photo details. Yes, I know I should have been more careful about dust on the neg!

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