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Subject: [Leica] At the coffee shop
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:43:57 -0800
References: <20121110154724.XUXZ29905.eastrmfepo203.cox.net@eastrmimpo110>

:-)

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Nov 10, 2012, at 7:47 AM, jon.streeter wrote:

> Arggh...posting from phone.  In previous email, "hit" was changed by 
> software from my attempt at typing "shot." I shouldn't complain:  the 
> software may have saved me from the embarrassment of posting an obscenity. 
>  
> 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "jon.streeter" <jon.streeter at cox.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] At the coffee shop
> Date: Sat, Nov 10, 2012 7:30 am
> 
> 
> If this is an example of a hit ruined by stage fright, I can hardly wait 
> to see what happens when you overcome it.  A word of caution or 
> encouragement, perhaps:  comparing oneself to Lluis can be hard on one's 
> ego.  Use such comparison wisely.
> 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] At the coffee shop
> Date: Sat, Nov 10, 2012 12:05 am
> 
> 
> I think the "shakiness" goes well with the coffee theme!
> Have you ever been to the Main Street Roasting Company in Redwood City? 
> The fellow there, Bob Baldwin, is a master roaster and a photographer. I 
> believe he and Peet learned together. He is also a photo nerd and will 
> spend all the time in the world talking gear.  Active in the PA Camera 
> club. You may want to stop by some time. Tell him Bob sent you :-)
> Best,
> Bob
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Nov 9, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
> 
>> Being a coffee nut, I travel twenty miles about once a month to buy 
>> Sumatra coffee beans. My geocaching buddy lives in Los Gatos, so he meets 
>> me there for a cup of coffee and a chat. 
>> 
>> At this point, I must apologize for posting pictures when I grossly 
>> mishandled the camera due to total nervous funk. I just haven't yet 
>> learned to poke a camera at strangers on the street. I really should have 
>> chimped and taken the shot again, because those guys were oblivious.
>> 
>> However, it was a learning experience; my first attempt to emulate Lluis. 
>> I also learned how much better this shot is in B&W.
>> 
>> Color: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002592.jpg.html
>> B&W:   http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002592-2.jpg.html
>> 
>> C&C Welcome (Except I know they aren't sharp)
>> 
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 650-326-8204
>> 
>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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