[Leica] PESO 02 14 16

[Jim Nichols]

I admire your perseverance.  Keep 'em coming.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 2/14/2016 6:40 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> Interesting story behind the picture (and many others I'm scanning now).
> Philadelphia's Love Park, so named for the Robert Indiana "LOVE" sculpture
> at the top of the park, is a legacy of 1960s urban improvement--a
> collection of concrete benches and stairs, surrounding a center fountain.
> Evidently it's also a mecca for skateboarders, who for the past several
> decades have played a cat-and-mouse game with the local cops, who chase
> them away (evidently skateboards are quite destructive to concrete).
>
> The park's slated to be demolished, starting tomorrow, and replaced with
> something that's more in tune with 21st century sensibilities, including
> more grass and less brutalist concrete.  For the past four days the park's
> been open to all skateboarders; today, the last day, the place was packed
> with enthusiasts who had come from as far away as California and Oregon,
> on short notice (the announcement for the free-for-all was only made this
> past Wednesday).
>
> Today was the least awful of the past several days, with temperatures that
> were at best in the low teens.  At least today there wasn't much wind;
> yesterday the wind chill put the effective temperature in the negatives.
>
> As it was I could only take about 90 minutes of shooting, even with the
> complimentary hot coffee from La Colombe.  My winding thumb is still a
> little numb; my M3 was starting to act very, very cranky--even with a
> Krauter CLA eight years ago the lubricants were not exactly thrilled to be
> out in the frigid air!
>
> However, in spite of the cold this was a once-in-a-lifetime event, so I
> had to be there.
>
> J
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim Nichols
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 7:33 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO 02 14 16
>
> Good timing, Jim.  That's hard work.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 2/14/2016 6:29 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/loveskate+004+02+14+16+sm.jpg.htm
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>> M3, Canon 135/3.5, Neopan 400
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>> Jim Shulman
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