Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What they said. Well seen! --Bob On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 12:21 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Nice set. A photogenic metropolis (at least the central portion), if truth > be told. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 10:53 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > > I have had a hectic couple of weeks, with travel and work, so I am a bit > > behind with my weekly blog, but in the meantime I am working my way > through > > the many photos I took during my travels. > > > > On April 28th I presented a new study we have done together with the > > Community Plant Variety Office in Angers, a couple of hours south of > Paris > > by train. The following day I was going to travel to Washington. So once > my > > work at Angers was done in the afternoon, I went to get a Covid test at a > > pharmacy (necessary for travelling to the US the following day), and then > > took the train to Paris to spend the night there. My flight to the US was > > on the 29th in the afternoon, so I had asked our travel agency to get me > a > > hotel close to a RER (commuter train) station so that I could easily get > to > > the Charles de Gaulle airport the next day, preferably somewhere in the > > Latin quarter. And so it was. > > > > I arrived at my hotel around 11 p.m. on the 28th, checked in and went for > > a walk in search of beer. Bars in Paris close early but I found a couple > of > > suitable watering holes and also took a few night pictures. The next > > morning I got up early, as I always do, and went for a walk in the area, > > visiting some familiar places (such as Jardin du Luxembourg) and a couple > > of places that I had not visited before?the Panth?on, where the great and > > good of France (and some deserving foreigners) are buried, and the church > > of Saint-?tienne du Mont, one of the oldest in Paris. All in all, I spent > > about 12 hours in Paris between my arrival late in the evening and > getting > > on the train to the airport early in the afternoon the following day. A > > small gallery of 40 photos shows some of the things I saw during my short > > visit. I am not necessarily pleased with every image I have (around 80 > > altogether that survived the cull on the plane), but I am pleased overall > > with a decent heist from such a short stay. > > > > http://www.frozenlight.eu/paris_apr2022/index.html > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > photo at frozenlight.eu > > > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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