Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you John, I will correct where I can. Best wishes, Gerry > On 16 Aug 2016, at 00:22, John Lee <jwlee01 at gmail.com> wrote: > > It actually Chinese chess they're playing! > -John > > On Monday, August 15, 2016, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> Nathan >> >> Thanks for commenting. The air was pretty thick when i was there, and it >> was three days before we realised that there was a view of the mountains >> from our hotel room window. For the first and only time in my life I had >> to >> use lip balm because the atmosphere was drying my lips out. As I saw it >> there were a couple of main problems: firstly a lot of cooking was done >> using briquettes made of coal dust, and cars had no catalytic converters. >> Great place though, and I would love to go back. >> >> Gerry >> >>> On 15 Aug 2016, at 06:27, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu >> <javascript:;>> wrote: >>> >>> I suspect today you would be hard-pressed to find such a scene in >> Beijing?from what I understand, there are few bicycles, many more cars, >> and >> the air makes it unlikely for anyone to want to sit outside. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 14 Aug 2016, at 10:36, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com >> <javascript:;>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I took this in 1998 on a trip to Beijing with my wife. I was suing a >> Leica M6 with 50mm Summicron f2, and this was taken on Fuji Provia and >> scanned recently. I have a feeling that the guy top right was some kind of >> political local ?watcher? but that could just be my imagination. Despite >> this being nearly 20 years ago I never at any time felt that I was >> restricted in any way with what I could photograph or who I could talk to. >>>> >>>> http://archive.gwpics.com/index/G00001zr0M27_Rk4/I0000gscQb_noGRk >>>> >>>> Hope you like my historic revival. >>>> >>>> Gerry >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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