[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Nathan Wajsman]

The first one is my favourite. The imposing room and the lone human—excellent.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 14 May 2018, at 14:04, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
> 
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