Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of our favourite pastimes is to drive to Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon and walk around with the occasional spot of shopping thrown in. My daughter's biggest thrill is when I tell her, "We will go to Waterstone's (the local English-language bookstore) and you have 50 EUR to spend". She simply loves to read, not a bad habit in a 9-year old. So, here is Monica choosing what to buy: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_14.jpg One of the main shopping streets is called Kalverstraat. Sometimes I just pick a spot and snap pictures of people walking by. The girl in the second one obviously is concerned about the weirdo taking pictures: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_14alt1.jpg http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_14alt2.jpg Finally, I did a spot of shopping too. On the Spui street there is a small outdoor arts market, and I could not resist these motorcycles made from old tools and assorted metal junk. Here are the two proprietors bagging my purchase: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_14alt3.jpg All pictures with Leica M6, 35mm Summilux, on Tri-X. Apropos the recent discussion of Tri-X, the film was developed by a lab using Fuji Neopan developer and scanned with a 5-year old Nikon LS-2000. The complete PAW index is at: http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2004.html and comments/critique are always welcome. Nathan -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 http://www.nathanfoto.com/index.html