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Subject: [Leica] My unconfined today walk
From: gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 09:48:00 +0100
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No explanation was needed, and I sincerely hope I have not caused Lluis any 
embarrassment.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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> On 5 May 2020, at 06:16, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
> 
> To avoid causing Lluis the embarrassment of having to explain, I should 
> confess that I liked his work so much that I gave him my Noctilux. I 
> realized that I hadn't used it in 20 years, and knew that he could make it 
> sing.
> 
> (Pour ?viter ? Lluis d'avoir ? expliquer, je dois admettre que j'ai 
> tellement aim? ses photos que je lui ai donn? mon Nocti. J'ai r?alis? que 
> je ne l'avais pas utilis? pendant 20 ans et je savais qu'il pouvait le 
> faire chanter l'op?ra.)
> 
> I note that the direct French translation of "make it sing", "le faire 
> chanter", is a figure of speech implying Mafia and not music. But I am 
> pretty sure that, like me, Lluis loves opera.
> 
> 
> On 2020-05-04 9:13 pm, Gerry Walden via LUG wrote:
>> Great work as I would expect from a master, and really good to see
>> that you can get out and about again. Good that confinement has not
>> lessened your ability to see.
>> That Monochrom certainly produces a tonal range to be envied. I notice
>> that you are still shooting with the Noctilux, have you acquired it
>> now?
>> More tomorrow?
>> Gerry
>> Sent from my iPad
>>> On 4 May 2020, at 21:47, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>> ?The oldest, more than 70 (like me) are allowed to walk from 10 a.m. to 
>>> 12 a.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., as you can verify in this picture
>>> Rest Time
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020593.jpg.html>
>>> No virus for lovers
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020595.jpg.html>
>>> The walk
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020598.jpg.html>
>>> A closed Coffee Shop
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020607.jpg.html>
>>> A Boy is plaing with a Cell Phone
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020611.jpg.html>
>>> Leica Monochrom (CCD), Noctilux 50 F 1.0
>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome and appreciated
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>> Lluis
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