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This picture was taken while having a short walk in the forest with my daughters on a Friday afternoon. The colors are a perfect mix to me and it shows the magic of autumn. I especially like the shape of the third tree from the left, which has blue reflections, adding some dreaming atmosphere to the composition.
Most of my photographs I’ve taken these last years are in the forest or in the countryside. I live in a beautiful country with four really different seasons, which brings a lot of opportunities to see the landscapes evolving.
I used a D-Lux 3, and this picture was taken with 1/80 sec at F2.8/32mm, ISO 100.”
Why I use a Leica:
Compared to many of my friends, I come from film photography, starting with a Kodak Pocket camera as a child, moving into SLR with Mamiya ZE-2, then Contax 167mt with magical Zeiss lenses. Experimenting with B/W laboratory development, to end with selling the whole lot to buy a light, small P&S PanaLeica D-Lux-3 in 2006. I appreciate this camera for the quality of the lens, the compactness (carrying it most of the time in my jacket), possibilty to shoot in full manual mode.
After 3 years of joy and some frustration, I decided to move back into film photography and recently had the chance to buy a mint condition M6 with second-hand Summicron 2.0/50mm and 2.8/90mm. I am looking forward to discovering the first results soon.
Marc Ottolini lives in Switzerland near Lake Geneva and often travels across Europe with his job.
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Nice, I like the big feel and the contrasting colors. Good work