[Leica] The Quad on the University of Washington campus

[Nathan Wajsman]

Beautiful. Maybe the young woman on the bench with a laptop is just reading too? I often find myself reading books on my iPad when sitting around in public spaces.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 23 Mar 2024, at 19:49, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> This time of year the cherry trees are blossoming in the Quad on the U-Dub campus.  The quad is surrounded by some of the older buildings on campus and for a week or so it is transformed as these 100+ year old cherry trees burst forth to herald spring. Everyone walks around with smiles on their faces, even if they are getting a "D" in Economics or Chemistry.
> 
> On Monday I went over the pass to visit the Quad for the first time in years (decades?).  I was surprised to find the U-District has a week long festival going on with sales and vendors all about, but I avoided that area and just visited the Quad and the trees and remembered my time there as a student.
> 
> Here is the album of photos but I will point out a few below. Seattle UW | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/albums/72177720315622297/>
> 
> Hope you enjoy them.  Most are with the Q3.
> 
> In my days there, people would sit around with a good book, or maybe a text book, and relax and enjoy the rare sunny day in Seattle.  Things have changed just a bit.
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> UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-6980.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53605917333/in/album-72177720315622297/>
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> UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001333.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53604829497/in/album-72177720315622297/>
> 
> I attempted a few things with some of the photos.  Like a few I posted a few months back, I tried to turn the clarity all the way down in Lightroom for a sort of dreamy effect and thought it might work with a few of these shots, too.  Here are some pairs with and without the effect.
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> The music building: UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001340.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53606176665/in/album-72177720315622297/>
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> UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001340-2.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53605711921/in/album-72177720315622297/>
> 
> A walkway: UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001334.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53604830227/in/album-72177720315622297/>
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> UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001334-2.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53606046534/in/album-72177720315622297/>
> 
> And one more low clarity shot without the normal shot
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> UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001336-2.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53606048144/in/album-72177720315622297/>
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> Aram
> 
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> & Unemployed photographer
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