Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some great people shots really give a flavour of the time and place, Nathan. People out in their shirtsleeves in December!? I am envious as the winter's frosty fangs are beginning to bite here. Your wife seems to be a prodigious cook and caterer to handle 15 guests at the one sitting. Although, I'm sure your daughter helped more than a bit, as, no doubt, did your own cheering from the sidelines.... Keep up the good work. Douglas On 03/12/2023 06:04, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > The main event during the last week of November was Thanksgiving. As we do > every year, we invited about 15 of our local friends for a Thanksgiving > dinner. They find the traditional dishes very exotic, and of course the > turkey is the main attraction, along with the various side dishes and > pecan pie (I dislike pumpkin, so the pumpkins are just for decoration, not > human consumption)?and of course copious amounts of wine. It all started a > week earlier, when my wife set up the large table in our covered front > terrace and the work continued during the week with shopping, preparation > of what could be made in advance, etc. We had the dinner on Thursday > night, not the most convenient day given that it is just a normal working > day, as is the following day. But my wife wants it to be as close to a US > Thanksgiving as possible, so it is done on the day. > > Besides Thanksgiving, I also tested another film in the Adox HR developer > that I am considering making my standard developer for all films. This > week it was Fuji Acros, in my Leica M2, using my lovely colleague Eri and > the new crop of trainees as my test subjects. I continue to find that > people really relate to these B&W portraits of them shot using a camera > and lens that were both produced by the craftsmen (and women) of Wetzlar > before any of them were born. > > Finally, there is also an evening walk in Alicante to look at the lights > of the season. > > It?s all here: > > https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4171 > > And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information