[Leica] IMG: Atmosphere for Shakespeare in the Park

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

nice colors!

ric


On Jul 14, 2013, at 10:43 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote:

> Saturday I went down to the new amphitheater in Alice Bertschy Kadish 
> Park, which was the site for the Optimist Theatre presentation of 
> Shakespeare's "As You Like It" at twilight.  This venue is on the hillside 
> of the former Milwaukee reservoir, which is the highest point in town.  
> The Milwaukee River is between the condominiums below this park and the 
> other bank leading to the downtown skyline in the distance (looking 
> southwest).  As recently as 2000, the street below was an industrial area 
> with railroad tracks and vacant factories.
> 
> The theater company didn't want any pictures taken of the performance, and 
> I was interested in the ambiance anyway, so that's why the stage is barely 
> visible.
> 
> Showing much of the hillside:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/20130713_MR_Mine_LMX1010626.jpg.html>
> 
> It's hard not to notice the woman in red here, and if you enlarge, look at 
> the guy beyond her knee, with his eye right in the triangle of the lawn 
> chair:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/20130713_MR_Mine_30D1925.jpg.html>
> 
> Further in the twilight:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/20130713_MR_Mine_LMX1010641.jpg.html>
> 
> Almost dark:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/20130713_MR_Mine_30D1945.jpg.html>
> 
> They're not great, but they can be viewed large.
> 
> Alan
> 
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA POY 1978
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> 
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
> 
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