[Leica] Nathan's PAD 26/12/2021: bright lights of different kinds

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote:

>The second full day of my visit to New Jersey gave me some great light, in
more ways than one.

>Boxing Day started with a beatiful sunrise over Manhattan:
>https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3dpgfzg/A
<https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3dpgfzg/A>

>In the afternoon, we visited some relatives of my wife in the Malba area
of northern Queens (every Puerto Rican has relatives in New York!). Many
houses in the neighbourhood >were decorated for Christmas, some decidedly
over-the-top:
>https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-V5Rgjr2/A
<https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-V5Rgjr2/A>

>We drove to a spot from where there was a nice view of one of the
lesser-known among New York?s many bridges, the Whiteston Bridge which
links Queens and the Bronx across >the East River:
>https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kVvf8d7/A
<https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kVvf8d7/A>

>Afterwards, we drove back to New Jersey and spent the evening with our
son, daughter-in-law and the grand-pets. Around midnight, walking back to
my hotel, I enjoyed a great >view of Midtown Manhattan:
>https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xKCDx4K/A
<https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xKCDx4K/A>

>These were all made with my Fuji X-E3. But I have also been shooting film
with the gorgeous Olympus OM4T that I bought from Bill Barber in Texas who
shipped it to my son last >week, along with two Zuiko lenses, a 50mm and an
85mm. It is a truly beautiful piece of equipment, for me the pinnacle of
late 1980s film SLRs. I am still on the toe of the learning >curve of
course, but I am really enjoying it.

>Cheers,
>Nathan
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Four very fine shots, especially the last.
I used to use an OM-1n and an OM-2n, but my favorite was the OM-4 also.

-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amagayneroshak at gmail.com
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>

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