Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This one: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FM75VwB/A Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 1:13 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Today was a day of work, from around 8:30 to 5:30, so it was less > picture-rich than usual (although I did take quite a few in the evening > also). These four were taken during the working day. > > I walked from my hotel to the conference venue, around 1.5 km and a > pleasant walk in the morning. But first I stopped to light a candle for my > mother in the Orthodox church next to my hotel. As is apparent from the > scarcity of chairs/pews, during Orthodox services the congregation stands: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jSdGM24/A > > I then spent all day in a conference room at the National Palace of > Culture. Afterwards, I photographed this scene on the square outside. Boys > will be boys: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FM75VwB/A > > It was close to 30C and humid, and I was wearing a suit, so rather than > walking back to the hotel, I took the metro, just one stop. When I got off > at Serdika, the main station in the Sofia metro system (because the two > metro lines built so far cross here), I photographed the afternoon crowd. > And then a girl on the edge of frame turned to me and smiled. She is out of > focus, and the picture is technically deficient, but I still like it: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-nPrNhWz/A > > And then a picture that made me sad and maybe less sad at the same time. > When I was in Sofia in February, I noticed a poor homeless dog outside the > Serdika metro station, looking around. It was cold and I felt so sorry for > the poor creature, but what could I do? The next day I noticed that the dog > was sleeping inside the station, in a quiet corner next to a pharmacy, and > there was a bowl of water?so clearly someone there was looking after it. > And today, I saw the same dog sleeping in exactly the same spot: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Thn5PcZ/A > I wish I could take him with me to Alicante when I go home tomorrow very > early in the morning?but of course I can?t. At least there are some good > people at this metro station, evidently. > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information