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Late November 2024 brought many areas of the UK a few inches of snow. Here are some photographs in Derbyshire:



November Snow - Derbyshire




November Snow - Derbyshire




November Snow - Derbyshire




November Snow - Derbyshire




November Snow - Derbyshire
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This week Ken Davis tells us about an iconic shop in Chesterfield that s no longer with us. It is also a story of his use of the M series.





Johnson's Ironmongers, Chesterfield 2022




Johnson's Ironmongers, Chesterfield 2022




Johnson's Ironmongers, Chesterfield 2022




Mr & Mrs Johnson 2002




A Selection of Goods




The Paraffin Pump




Customers in The Shop




After 129 Years Johnson's Is Now Closed




Johnson's Becomes Dotique
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Alan Humphries tells a fascinating story of these unusual homes in Rotterdam.



CUBUS WONINGEN




CUBUS WONINGEN




CUBUS WONINGEN




CUBUS WONINGEN





CUBUS WONINGEN




CUBUS WONINGEN




Blaak Market Hall.




The White House - Europe's First Skyscraper
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James Jarché, a famous press photographer in his day, is not a name likely to be known by younger members of the Leica Fellowship. But for those who grew up in the 1940s, they might just remember Jarché’s work in Picture Post and other contemporary publications, fore-runners of British sunday newspapers’ colour magazines. Such weekly papers were extremely popular in the 1940s and 1950s, but relied on a regular supply of the very best of illustrative or journalistic photography. James Jarché was one of the main contributors to Picture Post and Weekly Illustrated, long before television became the medium of choice for news, as Britain became more affluent. That is the background to a fascinating documentary, with considerable photographic content and a reminder of British social history. Read more here…
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We need more articles for the Newsletter and website. Please put your creative energies to work!

We have updated the Gallery with more photographs.
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This week Keith Walker entertains and educates us about milk trains and pick-up goods trains that were an essential part of our transport system from the 1930s to about 1960.



Milk Train 1 - © 2024 Keith Walker




Milk Train 2 - © 2024 Keith Walker




Milk Train 3 - © 2024 Keith Walker




Milk Train 4 - © 2024 Keith Walker




Milk Train 5 - © 2024 Keith Walker




Pick-up goods Train 1 - © 2024 Keith Walker




Pick-up goods Train 2 - © 2024 Keith Walker




Pick-up goods Train 3 - © 2024 Keith Walker
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Denis describes his experiences on a South American Cruise with his much missed wife Charlotte. His photographs are shown roughly in the order he talks about the places. It certainly looks like an unforgettable journey.



1 Punta del Este Blue Lagoon Restaurant




2 The Welsh Settlement Patagonia




3 Charlotte Gilbert at Thatcher Drive Falklands L




4 The Freedom Memorial Port Stanley




5 Passing Cape Horn in Calm Seas




6 Sun Set at Cape Horn




7 Punta Arenas Harbour




8 The Statue in Punta Arenas




9 Sailing off the Coast of Chile




10 The P X Glacier off Chile




11 Sun Set off Chile Coast




12 City Square Lima




13 My Favourite Shot of Machu Pichu




14 Dry Stone Joints at Machu Pichu




15 Entering Gatun Lock - Approach




16 The Americas Bridge , Approaching from The Pacific
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New photographs have been added to the Gallery and some photographs have been changed in the Home Page slide show.

The following links will show you these:

www.leica-fellowship.org.uk/leica-fellowship-gallery

www.leica-fellowship.org.uk
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Alan Humphries shows us some photographs of people, 'informal and street' portraits and raises some interesting points about this important aspect of of Leica photography.




Delicious




Meditation




Erik




Oh Dear!




What Do You Think, Cled?




Practice
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Keith tells us about his love for the Goodwood Revival and all about its history. His photographs with his new M11 and a 35mm Summilux capture the feeling of the weekend. Thank you Keith.



Emmanuel Pirro © 2024 Keith Walker




Beautiful Cars and People © 2024 Keith Walker




Boys and Bikes from Bavaria © 2024 Keith Walker




Autograph Hunters ©2024 Keith Walker




When Bikers Meet © 2024 Keith Walker




Wining ERA © 2024 Keith Walker




Leica Store © 2024 Keith Walker

One from 2015



Auto Union & Mercedes 'Silver Arrowa' © 2015 Keith Walker
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The weather tried to wash out our weekend in Tiverton but a great day out on the coach and good hospitality at the hotel added to our chance to catch up with each other all made a success of the weekend.



Gareth Lewis - Dartmouth - Leica X Vario




Cled Lewis - Give Me Some




Sally Tarlton - Tony Photographig The River Dart




Dartmouth - Gareth Lewis - Leica X Vario




Sally Tarlton - Braveheart Steaming Out Of Dartmouth




Sally Tarlton - South Devon Railway and European Eagle Owl




Pam Lewis - European Eagle Owl




The Leica Fellowship Evening Get Together
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Denis Gilbert wishes to sell some of his books and these are listed in the Equipment for Sale page as well as in this news item.
Denis is sending photographs of the cruises he and his wife enjoyed. The first photographs of these are of crocodiles on the Murray River.



Feeding Crocodiles at the Murray River above Darwin . Leica V-Lux 4 by Denis Gilbert


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Feeding Crocodiles at the Murray River above Darwin . Leica V-Lux 4 by Denis Gilbert



The crocodile has just closed on his snack . Denis Gilbert Leica V-Lux 4


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I am pleased that I managed to fire the shutter exactly the second his jaws took the meat . Denis Gilbert Leica V-Lux 4
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Alan Humphries describes the way the Dutch "Bruin Vloot" has adapted to become a major attraction on the Ijsselmeer, Markermeer and the Wadden Sea.



Zuiderhaven, Harlingen




Zuiderhaven





Tjalks & Klippers Waddenprom





Tjalk & Aak- Zuiderhaven





Outward-bound





Klippers-Zuiderhavn





Klipper coming out of the mist





Aak under sail






Guests Under Instruction
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A reminder to get ready for Tiverton. The weekend starts on 6th September and finishes on the 9th September.
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Helping the natural world has seldom been more necessary than in current times. Global warming has had a catastrophic impact on some countries. Wide-scale flooding is but one aspect. Centuries-old migration routes have been disturbed with huge cosequences among the insect world and birds.

There is national concern over the sudden decline in the numbers of winged pollinators in the UK. Butterflies, bees and moths are relative rarities in our garden nowadays. So, the sudden appearance of Comma butterfly was a moment to celebrate and record. With its characteristically scalloped trailing edges to its wings, it was quite definitely a Comma butterfly.





Such an opportunity; such a challenge, dare I hope it would stay long enough for me to lay my hands on a camera?


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Denis has a number of signed, first edition books by our much missed member and Leica expert Erwin Puts.
Denis would like to sell them as a set, preferably to another member and will sort out a ‘best price’ for you.
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Melinda Stone tells us how, despite not counting herself as a photographer, she has joined the Fellowship and thoroughly enjoys it.
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The Leica M11
Ken Davis has written an article for the Newsletter about his experiences with this camera and we are publishing a shortened version here.
Let us know what you think by adding comments to this article.



Chesterfield Market




Shops in Chesterfield




Peak District Sky




Geranium - Leica R Series 70-210 f4 zoom.




Leica IIIg taken with 60mm Macro Elmarit on the M11
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Cled tells us a story about how the Leica M series met the objective laid down by the original designer of the Leica - Oscar Barnack.
'When loaded with a high quality film the camera would deliver high quality images'.
Cled's story also says that the range of Leica M lenses certainly in the last 25 years can also stand up well when combined with high quality, high resolution digital sensors.
The photos included obviously cannot be viewed at the levels that Cled's originals show.




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Don's amusing and interesting article on how he realised the quality of the Leica X Vario once he had given it to his wife Jo is full of lessons about not under-estimating equipment and not rushing to upgrade at a considerable cost. The accompanying photographs are by Don and, of course, Jo.

Don is one of our dedicated members who provides articles for the website and the Fellowship Newsletter. We need more articles for both, particularly the Newsletter. Please put fingers to keyboards to provide articles or stories for other members.




Jo Morley - Lincoln Cathedral - Leica X-Vario





Don Morley - Station Master - Tanfield Railway - Leica X-Vario





Don Morley - Tanfield Railway - Leica X-Vario





Don Morley - Stepping Stones - Leica X-Vario




Don Morley - Southwold - Leica X-Vario




Don Morley - Creations By Nature and By Man - Leica X-Vario
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