From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Mon May 2 20:27:05 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 13:27:05 -0700 Subject: [Leica] James Nachtwey on Ukraine Message-ID: In my opinion, James Nachtwey is the best contemporary war photographer and one of the best who has ever lived. The current issue of the New Yorker has a portfolio of his recent pictures from Ukraine. And it's online here if you are a subscriber: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/portfolio/05/09/the-costs-of-war From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Tue May 3 13:10:12 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 06:10:12 -0700 Subject: [Leica] Bandhavgarh and Kanha In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Impressive. Thank you. From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Tue May 10 00:14:48 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 17:14:48 -0700 Subject: [Leica] Monday Misc. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <269a69332d399b37e348ac9ef7b633ca@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> Austin actually has a fairly famous nude beach, called Hippie Hollow. I was there in the 1970s. I didn't take a camera with me. I figured that a building with a praying mantis for a weathervane had probably been a church at one time. On 2022-05-09 16:12, Douglas Barry wrote: > And there I was hoping for the first shots of Austin's yet to be > famous topless beach. That mantis pretty cool for a weathervane. > Generally cocks here. > Douglas > > On 09/05/2022 11:13, Don Dory via LUG wrote: >> Greetings to all. With a bit of embellishment found on pretentious >> menus >> we find some pigeons doing what pigeons do: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/rock+doves+on+wire.jpg.html >> >> Found at a nearby beer garden with cooling mist: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/work+from+the+bar+with+companion.jpg.html >> >> Topping a very nice estate cum school cum business: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Victorian+weathervane.jpg.html >> >> Made you look by the title anyway: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/topless+with+stroller.jpg.html >> >> Taking a moment to work the kinks out: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/stopping+to+stretch.jpg.html >> >> Not everyone enjoys being dragged to an historical recreation museum: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/some+aren_t+interested+in+1870_s+living.jpg.html >> >> All the best. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Sat May 14 02:24:40 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 19:24:40 -0700 Subject: [Leica] =?utf-8?q?The_long_story_of_the_car_flamb=C3=A9=3A?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <92b719cf26e768a143eef72ca3b7d8f7@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> I have a lot of family who live near you. What body shop? (As you know, I lived near you for decades). From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Mon May 16 02:44:50 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 19:44:50 -0700 Subject: [Leica] IMG: 12 hours in the 5th arrondissement In-Reply-To: <1C05AA95-4D26-4E0E-8550-4E5777E659C7@frozenlight.eu> References: <1C05AA95-4D26-4E0E-8550-4E5777E659C7@frozenlight.eu> Message-ID: <79095ccc3850a83ad90a340b94b13087@reid.org> In 1972 I had 12 hours to spend exploring the 5th arrondissement before I had to catch a train to Nice. I was walking here and there, and went down Rue Mouffetard. I passed a tiny restaurant (4 or 5 tables) near Rue Sant-M?dard. Paul Simon was inside, playing his guitar and singing. They actually had an available seat. I stopped exploring and sat down to eat and drink. I do not remember the name of the restaurant, but I'm sure it has been gone for decades. From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Mon May 16 15:33:01 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 08:33:01 -0700 Subject: [Leica] BLOOD MOON In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2c56b5b552515e9669d118b0a7cb11b7@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> When I leave yellow cheese out of the refrigerator for too long, it develops a fuzzy blue covering. It would seem that leaving green cheese alone for too long causes it to develop a fuzzy red covering. On 2022-05-15 22:35, Bill Clough via LUG wrote: > USA > TEXAS > VICTORIA > > Hi there ? > > Here is the latest submission, the total lunar eclipse. The image is > soft > because it was talken at 1/2 second on a 500mm f8 mirror lens: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/2022+Photographs/ECLIPSE2.jpg.html > > Gallery: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/ > > ?Bill From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Sat May 21 23:01:32 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 16:01:32 -0700 Subject: [Leica] An actual photograph Message-ID: <1adaf1471f538647abc29eeb3b3d5ebf@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> I don't post pictures very often. I mostly take pictures of family, and I rarely think that anybody else would want to look at them. I showed this to a friend who said it was a good picture, so here it is. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/family/IMG_1603.jpeg.html I have 4 grandchildren. One is 20 and is far away. The other 3 are in this picture. Carter, 1 1/2, is in the jean jacket. His sister Jordyn, just turned 4, is the blonde. Nora, age 3, is in the foreground and needs to have her hair brushed. Taken on the patio outside the south door to my house. Carter and Jordyn live 10 miles from me and I see them frequently. Nora lives in London, and it seems that every time I go to visit her there is a Covid lockdown. iPhone 12 The white spot on Nora's hair is not dirt on the sensor but is a piece of flower petal from an earlier attempt to get a flower to stick to her hair. From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Sat May 21 23:17:47 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 16:17:47 -0700 Subject: [Leica] An actual photograph In-Reply-To: <1adaf1471f538647abc29eeb3b3d5ebf@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> References: <1adaf1471f538647abc29eeb3b3d5ebf@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> Message-ID: <389470a3e03d2c147494dc5e7f4e6528@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> By also posting this one, I hereby double my 2022 output. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/family/IMG_1741.jpeg.html (My granddaughter Nora, looking admiringly at her offscreen mother) From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Sun May 22 00:03:25 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 17:03:25 -0700 Subject: [Leica] An actual photograph In-Reply-To: References: <1adaf1471f538647abc29eeb3b3d5ebf@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> Message-ID: On 2022-05-21 16:59, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > I wouldn't obsess about brushed hair for a few years; I paid a good portion of my college tuition back in the day by doing portraits and weddings. Hairbrushes and mirror were part of my kit. I learned that parents would buy more prints if their children's hair was combed. From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Sun May 22 22:30:47 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 15:30:47 -0700 Subject: [Leica] An actual photograph In-Reply-To: <1adaf1471f538647abc29eeb3b3d5ebf@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> References: <1adaf1471f538647abc29eeb3b3d5ebf@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> Message-ID: Thank you all for taking the time to look at my pictures and for your comments. From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Mon May 23 17:54:47 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 10:54:47 -0700 Subject: [Leica] IMG: Midday Spanish heat In-Reply-To: <6f2c46a9-072a-96fd-5090-bdfbff1d33fb@iol.ie> References: <6f2c46a9-072a-96fd-5090-bdfbff1d33fb@iol.ie> Message-ID: <36676eead90ec5e46a66185d8e63ff3a@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> Perhaps it's hot, but almost everyone is wearing heavy full-length trousers and the flopped-down chap is wearing a heavy long-sleeve sweatshirt. Nice shot. On 2022-05-23 09:03, Douglas Barry wrote: > When things heat up, tourists flop down. Valencia Spain October 2019. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Spain/Madrid+2019/218+Respecting+the+midday+heat+in+Spain.jpg.html > Fuji X100S. Can be seen larger. > > Forgot to post my Valencia photos at the time, but have the members > weekly challenge entitled "A single photo story" in my camera club > tonight. As I had my booster no. 2 for CoVid this morning, I decided > to raid my archives rather than shuffle the streets. The caption is > needed for the challenge. > > Douglas From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Wed May 25 22:25:15 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 15:25:15 -0700 Subject: [Leica] Neighborhood Art In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0850b7358fb09709343347969c9eb799@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> Delightful. Reminiscent of the British "Knife Angel" statue, but this one is made with dull dinner knives and not with murder weapons. On 2022-05-25 10:50, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG wrote: > I like quirky art when it's on one's own property. This sculpture is a > block from my house. > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/20220525_MR_Wings_DSF7587.jpg.html >> > > Can be viewed large. > > -- > 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 > > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Fri May 27 03:38:26 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 20:38:26 -0700 Subject: [Leica] People In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Jayanand, these are my kind of pictures. I like them all. I'm hard pressed to name a favourite, but if I must, I'll say the picture of the forest ranger trainees. I rarely come across good pictures of ordinary Indian people. I see either expats who have come to where I am, or unusual people who are photographed because they are so unusual looking (beggars, or 7 men riding one bicycle; that sort of thing). In graduate school I came to the understanding that you shouldn't learn about a country from people who have chosen to leave it. My years on the LUG have taught me that I prefer pictures of ordinary people, whatever "ordinary" means in context. (There are exceptions to that preference, such as Tina's picture of the angry KKK bigot spewing hate; thankfully not ordinary). In your boredom, you have produced a batch of great pictures of the ordinary people around you. On 2022-05-26 20:09, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > The last instalment of photographs from Bandhavgarh and Kanha. When I > am > waiting for something to happen in the jungles, which is a large part > of > the time, I photograph the people around me. Here is an album of people > shots: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/People/?g2_page=1 > > Please see LARGE. > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us Sun May 29 14:49:53 2022 From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 07:49:53 -0700 Subject: [Leica] People In-Reply-To: References: <071f9634-3712-3619-1a76-7d8bcd3d26db@summaventures.com> Message-ID: On 2022-05-28 20:51, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > > Brian, Most of my street photographs are only of ordinary people, and > the > majority of frames have people in them! Look at this, for starters: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/ Jayanand, I've looked at every photo you have ever posted. Always worth it. I think this time I was reacting to the contrast between those pictures and the jungle pictures.