Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Bob. The second one is "Her Tiara", which I posted to the LUG several hours ago. More to follow. J -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Robert Baron Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2014 11:12 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: Garden Garbage I'm looking forward to them, although they'll be hard pressed to surpass the first one and your vivid description of its back story. Was it too dim to shoot color? ;-} --Bob ===On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com>wrote: > This was a sample garden from the Philadelphia Flower show, held at > the PA Convention Center downtown. If you can believe it from this > particular shot, the theme this year was the combination of great art > and garden/floral displays. At best, the show was a disappointment--as > was the > $28 pre-registration charge. If you wanted to attend the live > butterflies event, where viewers were surrounded by butterflies > flitting about, it was another three dollars, so I demurred. (I told > the ticket-taker that Butterflies are Free--the reference eluded her.) > I attended the show mainly for people-watching and the chance to > surround myself with flowers during the snowstorms' interregnum. > > The past several years' Flower Show themes (and executions) have > ranged from lousy to horrendous--a great shame, considering the > storied history of this show. The PA Horticultural Society's > Executive Director Drew Becher has achieved the seemingly impossible: > he conflated openly gay leadership of a major cultural institution > with poor taste. I wish they would bring Jane Pepper, who led the PA > Horticultural Society for a quarter-century, back from retirement. > > More images to come. > > Best, > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Robert Baron > Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2014 2:15 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: Garden Garbage > > Whose garden? > > Another great shot from bizzare-o world. > > --Bob > > > ===On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Jim Shulman > <jshulman at judgecrater.com>wrote: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/garden+garbage+sm.jpg.html > > > > > > > > Leica M3, Summilux 50, Neopan 400 at 800. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information