[Leica] Nathan's PAD 26/12/2021: bright lights of different kinds

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Wow, nice night shots, but there seems to have been a lot of building 
since I was there in '08. There's a great buzz in New York and I'd love 
to go back, but that is not likely just for the moment.

Douglas

On 28/12/2021 12:00, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> The second full day of my visit to New Jersey gave me some great light, in 
> more ways than one.
>
> Boxing Day started with a beatiful sunrise over Manhattan:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3dpgfzg/A
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> In the afternoon, we visited some relatives of my wife in the Malba area 
> of northern Queens (every Puerto Rican has relatives in New York!). Many 
> houses in the neighbourhood were decorated for Christmas, some decidedly 
> over-the-top:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-V5Rgjr2/A
>
> We drove to a spot from where there was a nice view of one of the 
> lesser-known among New York?s many bridges, the Whiteston Bridge which 
> links Queens and the Bronx across the East River:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kVvf8d7/A
>
> Afterwards, we drove back to New Jersey and spent the evening with our 
> son, daughter-in-law and the grand-pets. Around midnight, walking back to 
> my hotel, I enjoyed a great view of Midtown Manhattan:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xKCDx4K/A
>
> These were all made with my Fuji X-E3. But I have also been shooting film 
> with the gorgeous Olympus OM4T that I bought from Bill Barber in Texas who 
> shipped it to my son last week, along with two Zuiko lenses, a 50mm and an 
> 85mm. It is a truly beautiful piece of equipment, for me the pinnacle of 
> late 1980s film SLRs. I am still on the toe of the learning curve of 
> course, but I am really enjoying it.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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