This are pictures from the late 80īs made with my first M3 and a 50/2 D.R. This is my first attempt to post a picture and submit them to a scaner, so please forgive spots and any other unperfection on the scaning prosses.

This is Coyoacan in Mexico City 1989. f/5.6 at 1/125, if I remind well.

This is Mexico City too, year 1987.

Mexico City 1987.

Down Town Mexico City; Two Menonits men in a chiness coffé, 1987

Well here I go????????????????

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), September 28, 2001

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Well feel I finaly arrived into this millenium. Still a lot to learn about software.

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), September 28, 2001.

Hi, The pictures do not show up....

-- abischop (abischop@earthlink.net), September 28, 2001.

Now they do; thankīs Tony

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), September 28, 2001.

I didn't actually do anything to make your photographs show up. It sounds like it may have been your browser "choking" a bit. All browsers, it seems, get contankerous from time to time.

What I did do, though, is close your center tag after your images and accompanying text with </center>.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@mail.com), September 28, 2001.

Great work Roberto, My favorite is the Mennonite men. Keep them coming.

Regards, Tom

-- Tom Gallagher (tgallagher10@yahoo.com), September 28, 2001.

Great work Roberto! I especially like the reflection...

-- Jack Flesher (jbflesher@msn.com), September 28, 2001.

Classic! If someone snuck the ones with the reflection and Menonites into a HCB exhibit no one would notice.

-- ray tai (razerx@netvigator.com), September 28, 2001.

I've written it recently, but here it is again: I am almost always impressed by the images posted to this forum -- Peter Hughes, Jeff Spirer, and the others whose names I forget. And these are great, too, Mr. Watson. Puts the lie to the belief, held by some, that Leica owners are a bunch of prissy wannabes who keep their cameras in glass cabinets.

-- Douglas Kinnear (douglas.kinnear@colostate.edu), September 28, 2001.

Wow! Fantastic street photography--great eye for detail! Keep up the good work!

-- Buzz Andersen (buzz@scifihifi.com), September 29, 2001.

BTW, have you ever seen any of Larry Towell's Mennonite photos? Your last shot brings them very much to mind...

-- Buzz Andersen (buzz@scifihifi.com), September 29, 2001.

Pictures so good they make me question my own aversion to the 50mm focal length - the DR does have its own look, doesn't it? Sharp without overwhelming contrast.

Hvae you seen Peter Turnley's book PARISIANS? I think you could do something just as powerful for Ciudad de Mexico. You can see some of his pictures at digitaljournalist.org (in their archives).

But I don't think he has anything to teach you.

-- Andy Piper (apidens@denver.infi.net), September 29, 2001.

Very impressive. The 'breath'an athomsphere of the 1950's but hard to believe it only the 1980's. Very nice

-- Bas Wip (bas@baswip.com), September 29, 2001.

Very nice approach, Roberto! Direct and casual - tipically Leica. The puddle is my favourite - great eye and framing. Tell us how you do those nice fuzzy borders - darkroom masking? Do you keep a set of masks handy? Thanks for sharing.

-- Lutz Konermann (lutz@konermann.net), September 29, 2001.

And now that you know how to scan and upload onto the web, your next move would be to do up a web site so that all can admire your photos. Great stuff! regards from Malaysia/wong kh

-- wong kh (DOSI@maxis.net.my), September 29, 2001.

I hadnīt found a better way to get rid of a hangover, thankīs for your coments.

OK Wong just let me figure out what are the rest of buttons for, I was only used to one.

Lutz; about the fuzzy borders, well I donīt know, no tricks that I remember, just a 50 DR from the 50īs, and I donīt want to get rid of it, even it is so heavy compared to newer one.

Bas, Mexico is a country traped in time, belive me, this images can still be found all over Mexico, when ever you want guys.

Buzz, thankīs, I donīt know the work of Towellīs but Iīll look up and see.

Mr.HCB would Ray.

Well thankīs for coments I knew this was the rigth place to show pictures.I want to post some 21 and 35 frames I have round.

Nice weekend folks.Thankīs Jack, Tony and Tom specialy.

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), September 29, 2001.

Andy, I realy like this lens, I donīt have any other to compare this agains to, I just got a 50/2 (last version) thankīs to Tom Gallagher, but I still havenīt seen pictures of it, until then I wonīt get rid of this 50 DR. This and 35 now my favourite focal lengths, 21 had itīs time, now I feel too old for a 21.

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), September 29, 2001.

Lutz, I now understand your question, yes it is a mask on my beseler 4x5 double glass neg carrier, it is a pice of paper, it looked nice when I cutted it off, but after enlargements it looks like this.

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), September 29, 2001.

Roberto,

The Summicron 50/2 D.R. is definitely okay, but for me, your pictures are fantastic. Again, I don't know what to say. I wish I could "use my M" as well as you do.

All best wishes. Mike

-- Michael Kastner (kastner@zedat.fu-berlin.de), September 29, 2001.

R Watson:

Once again...beautiful photos! I especially like the first two......

-- Muhammad Chishty (applemac97@aol.com), October 02, 2001.

What ever was wrong with retreaving these photos has disappeared, and I've finally been able to see them. My, my , my, there are sure some cantankerious people on this forum ( or maybe I should say, person ). At any length, In my job as a Creative Director, I've had the good fortune to engage truely great photographers, as well as upcoming ones. We all have a touch of artist in us. and having the courage to explore that aspect is what you are doing. Critique is a natural part of creative growth. First, your own review, then that of others' who's opinion you respect. I have many young upcomers review their work with me because I've gained their respect, not just because of my images, but because of the people who I have engaged to express specific ideas. For critiques of my own work I go to some N.Y. photographers enjoying national reputations. I'm sure they could dismantel my ego in a matter of seconds if they so desired. But instead, they accent the positive aspects of my work and offer constructive notions to build off those strengths. Some of the comments about your photos are perhaps a bit overly enthusatic, and others just distructive criticism with no redeeming qualities. I for one enjoyed seeing your work, which is a heatfelt compliment considering that I am exposed to more images every day than most see in a year. Personal work like this is refreshing. It resonates with me because it is innocent and lacking in pretense ( perhaps the quality that led someone to say it looked like a 1st year students work ). As far as the reproductive aspects, you were very clear that this was your first foray into digital. Yes, you can clean up the work as I'm sure you will eventually. Just keep going my friend. But do not lose your innocent eye.

In friendship---Marc Williams

-- Marc Williams (mwilliams111313MI@comcast.com), March 11, 2002.

I must have missed these shots the first time round. Roberto, very nice photos indeed, I hope you're going to show us more.

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), March 11, 2002.

Thank's for such interesting words on my work Marc, those are indeed samples of early work, and first try to make them digital, I know too that there is a lot to learn from digital yet, any way thank's for making that part easy, hope we could keep in touch, as I would also like you to review my latest work, I have try to send you a mail, but it keeps turning back every time, hope to get in touch later.

Thank's again Rob,

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), March 13, 2002.

roberto. Very very nice. You have obviously established your own unique style of photography. If you can get rid of the white area on the lower left, that first image is a real winner!

-- Eliot (erosen@lij.edu), March 13, 2002.