[Leica] le heron

[f.berton at wanadoo.fr (f berton)]

Yes ! I am a male. an old one but a real
(In french Francois is for boys, Francoise for girls)

Fran?ois Berton



I think Francois is male. Pretty sure of it even :-)
A lot of spot on animal-photographer metaphors are possible. Maybe I
fell for the heron one because that was how I was called at the
boyscouts:
ambitious heron... Never understood where the adjective came from :-)



Op 31-jul-06, om 11:26 heeft Jim Hemenway het volgende geschreven:


> Philippe:
>
> A interesting image from FR, is she a poet?
>
> I sometimes think that I am more like a Golden Retriever... just
> ambling around sniffing at things until I find something to
> photograph.
>
> Jim
>
>
> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>
>> Francois sent me a beautiful metaphor.
>> Translated it sounds:
>> The heron flies from message to message, and it amuses me: my non-
>> photographer friends call me like this. We see you, they say,
>> standing there, with your camera at your eye, not moving at all.
>> And  then suddenly: snap... you get your prey, just like a heron
>> snaps a  fish in the water.
>> Begin doorgestuurd bericht:
>>
>>> Van: f berton <f.berton@wanadoo.fr>
>>> Datum: 30 juli 2006 19:46:17 GMT+02:00
>>> Aan: Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be>
>>> Onderwerp: le Heron
>>>
>>> Le heron vole de messages en messages.. et cela m'"amuse : mes
>>> amis  non -photographes m'appellent ainsi. On te voit, disnet-
>>> ils,  immobile, debout, l'appareil a l'oeuil, et tout d'un coup
>>> clac..  tu as ta proie comme le heron qui fond sur un poisson
>>> dans l'eau...
>>> si tu veux raconter cela.. je te laisse !
>>>
>>> amicalement
>>>
>>> Fr
>>>
>>>