Re: [Leica] LA LUG Goes to ChinaTown

[Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>]

I'm game for a reunion at the Long Beach Aquarium.
Just let me know the date and time.

Henry
- --- tm <leicar8@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi, Frank. Thanks for your kind thoughts! Re your
> 'what do you want'
> question, I've yearned to go to the Long Beach
> Aquarium since it opened so
> as to get some neat aquatic compositions with my M6
> or R8 but have not yet.
> Armed with fast, fast film and various lenses,
> perhaps this would result in
> a very interesting get-together for us
> post-shooting, not to indulge in "I'm
> better than you" exclamations but merely to have fun
> simply discovering what
> all of us captured on our respective emulsions and
> lenses. This would also
> generate very interesting moments involving seeing
> what the numerous Leica
> lenses present at the shoot accomplished under the
> difficult lighting. I
> could do some Web research on aquarium technique and
> forward the link(s) to
> all who would intend to participate before the date
> we choose. BTW, tripods
> and monopods are no doubt banned; thus the
> mentioning of fast, fast film.
> Let me know what your thoughts on this are.
> Meanwhile, I have no other
> immediate preferences as to subject material and
> would welcome location and
> subject suggestions from the other participants who
> were in Chinatown. Oh--I
> forgot to again thank Slobodan for generously
> providing batteries for my M6
> on yesterday's shoot. I've never had batteries
> expire while out shooting and
> he was truly a lifesaver! Based on his generosity,
> I'm holding no grudge
> against his daughter for suddenly reaching her
> food-tarnished fingers into
> my Billingham bag at the lunch table and splattering
> my 24mm ASPH lens'
> glass with soy sauce, plum sauce, or whatever it
> was! Besides, Joseph
> Codispoti's outstanding ClearSight lens cleaner, as
> always, did a
> magnificent job in cleaning the muck off. Thanks,
> Slobodan!
> 
> Terry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Everyone has their own idea of what they want to
> take a picture of.  Not
> all
> > venues work for all people.  Terry's comments were
> recevied well by me.
> He
> > is a very nice fellow, with picture taking desires
> that are different then
> > mine.  I bet I could learn a lot from him.
> >
> > Terry, what do you want to take pictures of? 
> Scenics? Builldings?
> > Flower/still lifes? Studio Portraits?
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> >
> 
> 
> 
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