Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Lottermoser wrote: > Thanks for looking Philippe. > In fact there was enough wind. > > I kept coaching them to keep the rigging taut; > and keep the two lines far apart (he was holding them together); > and adjust rigging toward nose for "little" wind. > and hold the kite properly to catch the breeze; > and run "into" the breeze. > > You can see she's holding the kite backwards > with the rigging slack in the color photo. > As they applied more and more of my advice > they gained ever more success. > But, in the end, > they'd simply exhausted themselves > with lack of experience. > > I was afraid the fellow would run off the edge of the bluff. > Sometimes parents or adults get ants in the arms and fingers when they see them kids screwing it all - shall I intrude or not? that is the question - part of life I guess, and you caught it so well I immediately remembered :-D http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/180592-1/Kite-1110027.jpg (Bad bokeh by the way) Amiti?s Philippe > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > On Oct 1, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Philippe Amard wrote: > >> No wind , no kite ( this I can tell from experience) >> Yet, I like the photos very much - so vivid memories with my kids :-) >> >> Thanks for the colours George, beautifully rendered. >> >> Amiti?s >> Philippe >> >> >> George Lottermoser wrote: >> >>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=1728> >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >