Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first one's a cracking picture! P. Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com www.theconstanteye.com www.twitter.com/paulhardycarter Skype: paulhardycarter Location and Directions Mobile: +44 (0)75 4018 1784 Studio: +44 (0)20 7277 0778 On 27 May 2011, at 15:49, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > A couple more from Egypt, both of which were used in Print Exchanges > last > year. > > The first one was taken when I was lounging on my hotel balcony one > morning > when this couple arrived in a SUV at the beach below. The chauffeur > then > carried the chairs and tables to the edge of the Mediterranean, and > then > discreetly withdrew. Then the couple sat down, had a cup of tea (I > presume) > and enjoyed each others company for some time. It was also quite > windy and > nippy that morning, and the whole scene was quite surreal as there > was not > another soul on the broad beach! > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/ireland/DSC_0095.jpg.html > > The second one was taken in Abu Simbel - a Japanese couple doing > what they > do when they travel - taking photographs. I am guessing they were > honeymooners by the way they were behaving. I was taken up by that > hulking > 'grim reaper' looking shadow looming to the right: > > But at my back I always hear > Times winged chariot hurrying near > And yonder before us lie > Deserts of vast eternity > > I thought that Andrew Marvell's lines, penned to his coy mistress, > described > that scene very well, as we really were in the middle of a vast > empty desert > at this location: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/ireland/DSC_0058.jpg.html > > C&C, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information