[Leica] Monday Misc.
Lluis Ripoll
lluisripollphotography at gmail.com
Tue May 15 08:34:57 PDT 2018
Don,
Nice set, I’ve particularly liked the two of the desperate students …. they look more relaxed than desperated….
Best!
Lluis
> El 14 maig 2018, a les 14:04, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
>
> 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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