[Leica] IMG: Moonlight Swimmers

[Nathan Wajsman]

Your flash comment reminds me of an episode in 1986. I was living in North Florida at the time, and wanted to see Haley’s comet after all the hype in the media. I drove about 20 miles to a place south of Gainesville called Paynes Prairie, a nature reserve with no towns nearby, so no light pollution. It is basically a large swamp with some elevated wooden walkways and viewing platforms to come and look at the alligators and other animals. So on this night several other people were on the wooden platform to look for the comet. It was pitch dark, and at one point I got bored with looking for the faint comet, and instead I put the flash on my camera and turned it towards my fellow viewers. The flash blinded everyone momentarily and elicited a stream of invective.

Speaking of films, last week I saw the Banshees of Inishirin in Denmark. Strange storyline but great movie—and the acting is simply immense.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 21 Feb 2023, at 02:26, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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> Swimmers including Carrie C changing after a moonlight swim a few years at my regular swimming place - the Martello Tower, Seapoint, Co. Dublin. My flash probably ruined their night vision - oops!
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Dublin/Seapoint/MoonlightSwim+5.jpg.html
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> Sony A7II with kit 28-70 lens. Can be seen LARGE.
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> One of my fellow swimmers from down the road here, Carrie is in "The Quiet Girl" which has been nominated for an Oscar for Best International Feature Film. It's going to be up against it with "All quiet on the Western Front, but someone said if she had been as well known as Meryl Streep, she would have been nominated for an acting Oscar herself. Some other year maybe.
> 
> Douglas
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