My first shot

[gakushiroma]

At the gay pride in San Francisco.
M8 with Summarit-M 35mm

Thanks for looking.

Gaku

[thompsonkirk]

Off to a great start!

Nice pose;
Interesting 'echo' between the 2 couples;
Especially good shadow detail in the 2 faces;
& the very strange background space also adds to the image.

Maybe cropped a bit close at the bottom - it takes a while to get used to the viewfinder.

Congrats,

Kirk

[stuny]

Gaku -

Based on the quality of this photo I feel we've missed quite a bit by not seeing your photos sooner. Provacative subject exceptionally well handled, excellent light, detail, color, depth and composition.

[roguewave]

Gaku,

Welcome Aboard. Great image, with wonderful color, content, action & warmth. I like your perspective & framing as well. I'll look for more.

[gakushiroma]

Kirk, Stuart and Ben.

Thanks for your comments. I really appreciate that.

I used a couple of DSLR cameras and D-lux3, before I got M8.
I wasn't happy to take pictures with those DSLR, maybe it was too complicated to use.
I didn't need a lot of functions. also they were too big to me. My first camera was Minox 35GT. I really loved it. I guess I just love something compact and simple to use.
So, Leica M8 just makes me happy to take pictures again.
I will keep shooting with this beautiful baby

Thanks again.
Gaku