Please allow me to introduce myself.

[tolled]

Ndifon_1-29_2.jpg
The gentlemen to the right: Apostle Charles Ndifon from http://www.christlove.tv/, getting ready to release miracles, signs and wonders.
The Stuff: MP, 1,4/50 asph, Neopan 1600/D76, Fortezo Museum 3.
Me: Rev. D., from "The Deutsches Leica Forum". Hardcore pure full frame B'n'W oldschool fundamentalism straight from the heart of hell:
The Leica Church Of The True Camera, 7th Section (Hermetic Order Available Twilight Of The Black Painted One). I'm a man of wealth and taste.

Pleased to meet you,
D.

;-)

[jmr]

Welcome Brother; peace be with you, or if not peace, then at least decent light.

[tolled]

Thank you very much, Brother John.
After two years in the german Forum, the international side compared to that feels calm and relaxed.
Peace, D.

[lambroving]

Very dynamic. What exactly is going on here?

[ron110n]

Hi Dirk,

Very nice!
I like the way you tamed the grains of the ISO 1600.

Keep posting!
-Ron

[elansprint72]

D,
I guessed your name!

Cheers,
Pete.

[robert_parker]

..it's just the nature of the game that's the problem now...

[christoph_d]

Hi Dirk,

Like your picture, interesting angle of view, and nice composition.
And remembering a "Fred" in the old forum, you went for the 1.4/50A in the end?

Regards, C.

[tolled]

Hi, guys, thanx for your comments.
This is indeed a "miracles and healings" service of a so called "free church".
I attended three nights and was allowed to shoot whatever I wanted. I've got tons of more stuff from that event, so if you're interested, I'll fire on my scanner!
And, yes, Christoph, I finally got the Summilux asph which I really, really like. Especially open. Great lens.
Greetz from Hamburg, Germany,
D.

[arthury]

>The Leica Church Of The True Camera

Uh ... wait till you meet with some members here who belong to The Leica Church Of The Latter Days True Digital Light Saints.

Thy image is truly stark and hardcore, my brother. It standeth one head above the commoners. May the light continue to favor thy faith and the practice of thy faith.

The light be with you,
Art

[giancarlo]

very very nice

[tolled]

"The Leica Church Of The Latter Days True Digital Light Saints"?! Damned, don't know these guys. Must be a cult. Hm.
But, Brother Arthur, I gratefully have to admit, that the other half of thine comment hath blessed me mightily. May also my warm verbally expressed thankfulness be upon thee, withersoever thou goeth. Peace.
E grazie, Giancarlo

Edit: Cool. Smooth jazz/photography site. Respect.

Ok, here's some close-up for you, the apostle at work. Let's see if it works for you guys here also.
Best regards and manyfold blessings of The Good Light from Hamburg,
D.



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[abrewer]

This thread has me alternately in awe of the photographs and in stitches at the comments!

Great shots, Dirk! Let's see some more. Gid' that ol' time religion workin' brudder!



Thanks.

Allan

[tolled]

Master Brewer, (i like good ale),
thank you.

Hehe, I sometimes think: if I wrote this in german, we'd all consider it shlimy. This politeness.
But it works in english. Less aggressive language? Interesting. Must think. And scan.
CU definitely, yoo folx erwider my horitzon.
D.

[deborahd]

Hi D. I'm D. :-)))

Good shot, really an interesting angle of view.

[mgcd]

Nice series, excellent POV, framing and texture.

very good!

[tolled]

Thanks @all! Here's another one.
Conrad, what does POV mean? This is my first time writing in an international forum...

Ndifon_2-18.jpg
Greetz, from Hamburg, D.

[jmr]

Dirk,

fabulous shots; not sure I'd have had the nerve to shoot there, but I guess that when the spirit moves you, you'd be amazed what you can do.

Bless You.

[Bernd Banken]

Klasse! und das von einem Leica-Fotografen... ;-)

Gruß
Bernd