Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Clayton, a very peaceful photo indeed. It beats the fireworks, :-). Here in Puerto Rico it as been a bad habit for years to shoot in the air at midnight after the old year becomes the new year.The bad habit was everywhere even high society folks didi it. It is like a war zone with quarters of dynamite also being lighted. This year the local goverment was moved to action by community groups to stop the madness. There were campaigns on TV, radio and the press. The police went to housing projects to talk to the guys and convince them not to shoot in the air. See, in the projects there are AK47 and M-16, the scariest sound I have ever heard. It worked from having dozens of people hurt and even being killed to only one person got shot on the leg by a strayed bullet. For the first time there were 3 arrests made when people called on their neighbors who did not care and shot anyway. Peace David On Jan 8, 2006, at 1:02 AM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > The PAW didn't do so good a while back so we'll stay with PESO for > just a bit... > > I spent the New Year holiday hiding away from the morons and the > drunks and the pachucos with pistolas (rough neighborhood on > holidays; they get seriously drunk and it sounds like a war zone > outside the front door.) > > First sunset of the new year. > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/rcmckee/image-90811.html > > Fuji CN 100, CV 25/4, 1/30@f11 or thereabouts. > > > (Something about the site software put in the artifact lines on the > top and the left... I've no idea. It's not that important that I'm > going to try to track it down, either.) > -- > > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information