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Subject: [Leica] Times Square and "The Kiss"
From: jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:59:24 -0400
References: <63EE63D4-0D50-4574-AA74-B883080BBB09@comcast.net> <92D0CECB-755C-42EF-916E-71F7FEB67506@frozenlight.eu> <AD72C9AC-3ACB-4291-B8D7-47B16AF764F0@comcast.net>

Nope, he was doin' what came naturally.

J


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
Richard
Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:53 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Times Square and "The Kiss"

I waited for a bit to see what people were doing but, other than the gal
hugging the leg, there was little action.  Most people were just goggle-eyed
at the giants at snapping away.  

Now, fess-up Jim, you asked that guy to look up "her" skirt, right?  :-)  

Regards, 

Dick



On Aug 18, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I see you walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, as I did back in May--nice! I
like the big statue, but it would have been even nicer if you had caught any
couples replicating the kiss :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> 
> YNWA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 16, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> Time Square was mobbed last Saturday afternoon and I'll bet a thousand
other people took exactly this picture. 
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010515.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/2cx8pfs
>> 
>> Eisenstadt's iconic photograph of "The Kiss" taken in Times Square at the
end of WW2 is getting alot of attention this year.
>> 
>>
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/from-photos-periphery-an-eyewit
ness-to-a-timeless-kiss/?scp=1&sq=eisenstadt&st=cse
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/268kgrb
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-J_day_in_Times_Square
>> 
>> And this tall replica of the event got alot of attention last Saturday,
65 years to the day from when it was taken. .  
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010606.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/23xjj87
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010618.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/239584r
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010619.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/242f9qw
>> 
>> GF-1 20mm f1.7 ISO 400.
>> 
>> C&C always welcome. 
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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