[Leica] New posts from Hoppy

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Hoppy,
As an image, the one of the huskar is easily the strongest as it stands on
its own.  Without knowing anything else about the image we see an appealing
person acting out for us.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 8/25/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I have posted some new images taken on a visit to Melbourne here in
> Australia.
>
> A little while ago some experienced LUG members suggested that I try some
> people photography, asking strangers for permission as a photographic
> exercise.
>
> So each person here gave their permission and those shots are with either
> the Summicron 50 or my lovely new 28.
>
>
>
> Previously some people have asked for a little more detail for interest,
> so
> there is a note here relating to each.
>
>
>
> This gentleman busking on a busy street corner claimed to have been
> wounded
> during the Korean War. Now he's clowning for change.
>
> I'm not sure what that says. His costume is assembled from multicoloured
> rags, feather boas and foil decorations, all over the Swish shirt.
>
> M7 Summicron 50, Delta 100
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Melbourne_-Australia/Veteran_busking
>
>
>
> This young woman was enjoying some tunes on her iPod outside a University
> campus. She was not at all surprised when I approached her for the photo.
> Healthy self image.
>
> M7 Summicron 28, Delta 100.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Melbourne_-Australia/Woman_on_city_seat
>
>
>
> >From a wedding exhibit and shows a very industrial strength limousine. I
> was
> taken with the banners behind, as well.
>
> M7 Summicron 50, Delta 100
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Melbourne_-Australia/Jurassic_Limo
>
>
>
> I have no idea why this very senior sailor was eating a chocolate chip
> muffin at the wedding exhibit. I think it was a brave move with a white
> uniform
>
> M7 Summicron 28, Delta 100
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Melbourne_-Australia/Morning_tea
>
>
>
> An historic building set in some pretty parkland, hosting the wedding
> exhibit then.
>
> M7 Voigtlander Skopar 25, Delta 100
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Melbourne_-Australia/Exhibition_Centre
>
>
>
> These are a darker mood. The setting is an historical old gaol, which is
> now
> open as an exhibit to the public. The characters are actors that presented
> a
> small play on the life of Ned Kelly.
>
> Ned Kelly was an outlaw in Australia during the mid to later 1800's. He
> has
> attained almost mythical status like a sort of Robin Hood. He was of Irish
> immigrant stock and is often portrayed as an anti-hero oppressed by the
> Colonial police.
>
> His family by all accounts did have a very tough existence, however he
> also
> murdered at least three policemen, robbed banks, took hostages and stole
> horses.
>
> Most famously his gang fashioned armour from plough shares and defied
> police
> to hurt them.
>
> They planned to assault a train full of police sent to capture them, took
> a
> whole pub full of hostages and waited for the train. The police were
> tipped
> off and the gang was largely wiped out in a dramatic shootout with the
> police. Ned himself survived. It did him no good, as he was later executed
> on the gallows visible in the photos.
>
> The woman portrayed his mother who was imprisoned for three years for
> helping her son resist a policeman who arrived drunk, to arrest a family
> member then apparently made advances to his 14 yr old sister. Ned
> surrounded
> him with pistol shots, wounding him once. The same pistol, I think is
> still
> on display, complete with a chipped butt where Ned's finger was shattered
> by
> one of 28 shot wounds suffered during his last confrontation. So I enjoyed
> the play like the other visitors, however, it was a little disconcerting
> in
> that actual setting. Some 136 people were executed on that very spot.
>
> M7 Summicron 50 f2 at 15th sec, Delta 400. I need a monopod for these
> occasions.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Melbourne_-Australia/Ned_Kelly_at_Old_Melbour
> ne_Gaol
>
>
>
> Photo opportunity for an audience member who participated in the play.
> When
> I thought about it this is really a little macabre given the background.
>
> Historically though, the prison is very interesting, if quite horrifying
> as
> a place were people were incarcerated or worse in brutal conditions. I
> shall
> pack some Neopan 1600 for next visit.
>
> M7 Summicron 50 f2 30th sec, Delta 400
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Melbourne_-Australia/Tourist_photo_at_old_gao
> l
>
>
>
>
>
> Easily the most chilling part of this historic site, Currently the tableau
> of figures comprising Ned Kelly's hanging are removed, but the whole
> mechanics of that capital punishment era remain on display in a dark, cold
> mediaeval building.
>
> M7 Summicron 50, Delta 400
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Melbourne_-Australia/Gallows
>
>
>
> Folks, all of that story has got to be worth some feedback on the
> pictures.
> Nothing worse than your posts sinking silently into the LUG with nary a
> whimper from the audience!
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Hoppy
>
>
>
>
>
>
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