[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Jim Nichols]

Beautiful images, Don.  The Baylor campus seems to be much less 
congested than most campuses that I have visited.

Is that a Barrett 50 caliber in the 5th image?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/14/2018 7:04 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> This morning will be slightly different.  I went on a road trip mostly to
> deliver the remains of my daughters room to her in Austin.  Just before I
> left Leica returned my M9 and trip-elmar.  Obviously I had to reacquaint
> myself with a rangefinder. On the way back I stopped by Baylor University;
> it was finals week.
>
> This image is from the Browning Library; Baylor says that they have the
> largest collection of Elizabeth Brownings works and artifacts.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRABrowningLibrarystudy.jpg.html
>
> The next two images demonstrate the level of desperation the students
> endure while waiting for their next exam:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAFinalsWeekII.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAFinalsWeek.jpg.html
>
> Next stop was in Dallas.  I met up with some friends to visit a somewhat
> controversial convention going on at the time.  Starting with this young
> lady who seemed somewhat unsure about the attention she was receiving even
> though her father was very encouraging:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAunsuregirl.jpg.html
>
> We move on to one of the displays.  The attendees were very enthusiastic
> about touching the displayed goods.  I will note that there was at least a
> two stage safety inspection to ensure no "accidents" occurred.  In this
> example there was no firing pin.  Also, RRS has moved into this domain to
> increase market share.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRARRStripod.jpg.html
>
> As in most conventions there were some enthusiastic people making
> statements:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRABallonpuppet.jpg.html
>
> While I knew that news teams were being destroyed, this image shows why.  A
> single person is the whole show.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAINFOwars.jpg.html
>
> Last image is from the DART station(Dallas has built a reasonably good
> light rail system)near the city airport Love Field.  The regional airport
> is DFW and there has been some infighting among the airlines as the city
> airport is just more convenient.  Anyway, some friends had invited me to a
> nice restaurant downtown and I took the train in rather than try to park.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRADART.jpg.html
>
> I must say that having a rangefinder back even with the limitations of ISO
> and tiny buffer was most enjoyable.
>
> All the best.
>