Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram, never forget that, when on the streets of Barcelona, Lluis wears his cape of invisibility ;-) And yes, there are encounters that matter in a life, the LUG is one among others, and I learned a lot here too. Amities Philippe > Le 20 oct. 2020 ? 02:06, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > Excellent. Just out of curiosity, do you know these children? Many years > ago I was waiting for a friend in a local park to go shoot some fall > color. I had just received my 35/2 R lens and was pointing it around to > see how it might flare in the sun. I happened to be pointing it in the > area of the children's play area and some guy came up to me and challenged > me about taking photos of kids playing. I didn't even have film in my R8 > at the time. He wrote down my license plate number. I then pointed my > camera at him and took his picture (no film, remember). Luckily my friend > showed up and we wandered off to take some photos. That was pretty > upsetting to me, being a teacher. It was a sad commentary on the state > of affairs in our modern society. Growing up in Seattle, I met an elderly > gentleman on the corner of our bloc, three houses away. We got to be > friends and he got me started on my science career. His name was Trevor > Kincaid and he has a building named after him on the University of > Washington campus. He was long retired but we spent a lot of time > together catching insects and looking through his microscope in his > basement lab. Can you imagine anything like that happening today? Sad as > I learned a lot from him. My parents eventually met him and even my > brothers and sisters and my neighborhood friends would partake in his > company at times, but none as much as I would. Without him my whole life > would have been different. > > Aram > > -----Original Message----- From: Lluis Ripoll > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 7:57 AM > To: Leica Users Group ; MUGers at yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Leica] Children in the Park I > > On the way > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100113.jpg.html> > > A Princess ? from her Balcony > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100122.jpg.html> > > Playing with something > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100123.jpg.html> > > Park?s games > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100126.jpg.html> > > Leica M6, Noctilux 50, Ilford HP5, D-23 1:3 > > Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome > > Saludos cordiales > Lluis > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information