Well I used the leica for the first time on my trip to Indonesia. Wow, what an experience! I found no difficulty adapting to the leica from a Nikon FM3a. Anyway please check out my picks at the link below and leave me comments. I used a Leica M6 with a Summilux 35mm f/1.4 Aspherical. More pics will follow once they're scanned.

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=179436

-- Kronik (leicashot@hotmail.com), January 26, 2002

Answers

As far as I can tell, the URL doesn't connect.

-- Tom Nutter (tmnphotos@erols.com), January 26, 2002.

I take that back, and the photos are very nice; nice faces.

-- tom nutter (tmnphotos@erols.com), January 27, 2002.

I agree - very nice faces, indeed. Perfect subjects for the M6.

-- Lance Goins (goinsphoto@hotmail.com), January 27, 2002.

I liked the bored pondering woman for its layout, but I think in all the people shots it's too evident they are being photographed. You have a good eye, but I'd suggest you need to hang around more until people start to ignore you and interact with each other in a less camera-conscious way. I see this in a lot of travel photography (pro or not, I don't know whether you're pro?), consisting of portraits in which the suibject has suspended their normal activities to stare at a camera for a few seconds. I think it's more inteesting to have them just doing what they do, although it requires a much larger investment of time. The landscapes are very nice, impeccable.

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), January 27, 2002.

For instance, I would have liked to see the boy feeding his horse or taking a stone out of its hoof, or something that shows his relationahip to the horse, even sleeping curled up against the horse for warmth, I don't know, rather than resting his hand on its mane, which is all we get to see of the horse anyway. Or one of the woman hawkers selling her goods to a customer and haggling over prices.

They're nice pictures, but the presence of the photographer is too obvious and that limits their ability to describe.

Anyway, sorry to go on much! But I think it's the central issue really in going beyond snapshots to... snaps ;-).

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), January 27, 2002.

I'm intertested in how you snanned your photos because they came out so well. Inform, please!

-- Christopher Goodwin (christopher.goodwin@gte.net), January 27, 2002.

Thanks Rob, I feel the same way about my pictures. Unfortunately, I wasn't there for a photo trip, but for my engaegment to my Indonesian girlfriend, so we we're with her family. I didn't have the opportunity to do what you said- most of the time. I do have some natural shots, but none that I am entirely prod of for meaingfulness. Your photos on your website say exactly what you mean, and I look forward to seeing some new pics later when it is back running.

Christopher, I am totally new at scanning. I just bought a new Epson Perferction 1650 (due to lack of funds) and am quite happy with the results. I scanned the trannys at 500 dpi on a scale of 100%, whatever that means is beyond me. Beginners luck maybe?!

-- Kronik- Kristian Dowling (leicashot@hotmail.com), January 27, 2002.

I especially liked the color schemes in the "bored woman" and "smoking man" photos.

-- Mike Dixon (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), January 27, 2002.

These are very good. I particularly liked the woman hiding - I wonder what was inside the doors. The colours are superb - (noticed you were using a fairly impressive lens!! but a supposedly dodgy scanner (maybe I'll get one if the results look that good on screen). The transition from slr seems to have worked extremely smoothly for you. I think you have real talent - as you get more used to the quiet shutter perhaps you'll move in a little more/ become more invisible. Really enjoyed them.

-- steve (stephenjjones@btopenworld.com), January 27, 2002.

Hey guys thanks so far for the comments. I am extremely pleased with my scanner for web purposes only- which is all it is intended for. I have added new folders with pre-Leica shots that I hope you all can enjoy. Let me know what you think.

Kind regards

Kristian

-- Kronik (leicashot@hotmail.com), January 28, 2002.