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Subject: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW Week 10 Las Vegas with no glitz
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue Mar 13 22:42:32 2007
References: <9b678e0703131825r226919b7r3f4d1d701e22eae0@mail.gmail.com>

Don,
Nice set.
Cheers
Jayanand

On 3/14/07, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gang,
> Last week was an interesting week as I spent the whole time in LV but
> really
> didn't find the city very interesting.  Could be the security at the Wynn
> running me off.  Anyway, let's start with the beginning of the trip in the
> airport.  I found this kind soul sleeping through several flights coming
> and
> going out of this gate.  It is a really long short story about why I spent
> so much time at this gate:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+10/PAW+week10a.jpg.html
>
> This next one was from Zabrowski Point in Death Valley with really bad
> light.  You do what you can.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+10/PAW+week10b.jpg.html
>
> Actually among the sand in Death Valley.  If you ever go, make it to the
> sand at daybreak as the peoples tracks will really mess up your shots or
> you
> will have to walk a long way over loose sand to find a clean sandbox:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+10/PAW+week10c.jpg.html
>
> This is the first decent light I had all day in Death Valley:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+10/PAW+week10d.jpg.html
>
> What can I say, I like abstract designs.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+10/PAW+week10e.jpg.html
>
> This gent was overly optimistic.  Chatting up a model when her shift
> doesn't
> end for five more hours.  Trust me, her feet will hurt more than any
> desire
> for dinner or a drink.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+10/PAW+week10f.jpg.html
>
> This last one is a demonstration of why you should always have a camera.
> Medium escalator, notice a lot of commotion, look down, think it is an
> impersonator, realize it isn't, turn the camera on, jam a focus and click.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+10/PAW+week10g.jpg.html
>
> Enjoy the evidence of spring if you are Northern, and glory in the end of
> summer and the first twinges of fall in the South.  The M8 is just the
> bomb,
> 700+ frames in a week when most of the time was training or seeing the
> next
> big thing.  IR is a breeze.
>
> If the price is doable, get in line and get one.  I've been on this list
> quite a while now and this is the first time I have been so enthusiastic
> about hard goods.  I am sorry about the length of the PAW but it is such a
> blast.
>
>
> --
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
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