Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What's that on his right ear? Ken On 9/14/2015 3:46 PM, Matt Kollasch wrote: > Thanks Montie and Jay. Much appreciated... I sent the photo to the* > Frankfurter > Allgemeine Zeitung, *but I do not expect an response. > > What was interesting to me, besides the photo op, was how professional the > police were. They mingled to make sure violence would be quelled quickly, > but otherwise it was hands off. At one time they all put on their leather > gloves when words were getting heated but it never got beyond those heated > words. Anyway, I took direct photos of the police. One in which an officer > is looking directly in at me. I would be reluctant to do that in the states > if I were not with an official media outlet. Maybe my thoughts about that > are wrong... I have only read about how it can go wrong with the police > sometimes... and I have lived abroad now for nine years. So..? > > This was how the police acted in this instance, thus, I can not speak to > the general demeanor of the German police. > > Here's the photo of the cop taken with a 35mm lens, no cropping. We were > close to each other. > > http://www.kollarfoto.com/lug/2015/9/15/mo1i2em6yztb3cjh35kxzyoqrblgdt > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> > wrote: > >> Matt, that is so amazingly great. >> The juxtaposition is superb. >> That photo make the classes well worth your time spent in Germany. >> You should send it to some of the media; it deserves to be seen by a wider >> audience. >> >> Jay >> >> >> On 9/13/2015 10:39 PM, Matt Kollasch wrote: >> >>> Germans arguing finer points of Islam on the Zeil this past Saturday. >>> Many >>> police mingling with the crowd. Only tempers flew. >>> >>> http://www.kollarfoto.com/ >>> >>> 12 September 2015 ::: M240 | Summarit 35 >>> I visited the Leica store here too. Nice shop with some Jim Marshall, et >>> al, prints on exhibit. >>> >>> C & C welcome. >>> >>> Two more weeks of German language classes remain! >>> >>> /matt >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information