Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Back to the Africa shots. In Namibia, many roadside stalls sell little souvenirs. This: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img212a.jpg.html was a Herero one. In Outjo, I had a conversation with a Himba woman that culminated in me taking some photos in return for a water bottle. This is one shot where the bokeh of the 35 Summilux asph disturbs me: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img227a.jpg.html I really don't like the way the lines in the background double up. In Swakopmund I saw an unusual giraffe: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img479a.jpg.html The stone crosses at Cape Cross: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img507a.jpg.html were erected by Portuguese settlers in the 16th century. The senorita is of a newer vintage. In the house where I grew up there was a chair called "the chair that nobody sits on". In the laundromat in Swakopmund there was a nice chair: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img716a.jpg.html when I asked the proprietress about it she reported no one sits in that chair, but not because of bad luck or some other reason I thought might have been likely but because it was very uncomfortable. Sometimes parsimony reigns. Marty