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Subject: [Leica] Times Square and "The Kiss"
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:23:09 -0400
References: <63EE63D4-0D50-4574-AA74-B883080BBB09@comcast.net> <92D0CECB-755C-42EF-916E-71F7FEB67506@frozenlight.eu> <AD72C9AC-3ACB-4291-B8D7-47B16AF764F0@comcast.net> <01e201cb3edd$92fb7a40$b8f26ec0$@net> <4840C2A0-297D-4771-AE07-36BDB12E3B93@comcast.net> <FCA728BD-ED8E-4F81-8200-0317C85CD2B5@mac.com>

What you say is all absolutely true!

Regards, 

Dick



On Aug 18, 2010, at 2:06 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> luck comes to those
> who know where to be
> and when to be there
> (even if it means camping out)
> 
> This was bound to happen
> and Jim has a sixth sense
> for knowing such times and places.
> 
> ;~)
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> Aw, jeez...  what luck!   
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Jim Shulman wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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