Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The past couple of weeks have been marked by travel, vacation, visiting relatives and summer, and as a result I have fallen behind again in my virtual life. But I continue to burn film. I have also got a new web hosting service for my PAWs (thanks Pascal), so the url is now http://www.wajsman.com. Week 31: This summer there are artful benches all over Zurich, made from trees destroyed by the winter storm Lothar in 1999. Some are very fanciful, in all kinds of shapes and colors. I spotted this bench in the process of being finished by the artist, while children were already using it for the intended purpose: http://www.wajsman.com/31.jpg The alternate is a shot of sunflowers, taken on the new Maco 820 infrared film. I really like this film, with the Heliopan 695 filter it gives a strong infrared effect but is less difficult to handle than Kodak's High Speed Infrared. I also like the idea of supporting a small company that has the guts to bring out a new IR B&W film on the market: http://www.wajsman.com/31alt1.jpg Week 32 I was in London for a two-day business meeting. The bright spot was a couple of pints with LUGger Stephen Patriquen. I love London and its architecture, but this time I focused on what I think is one of the uglier spots in the city, the square outside Moorfields House, the headquarters of Swiss Re Life & Health in London. It is an incredibly sterile environment, and I was attracted to this scene with the two isolated people and a lonely pigeon: http://www.wajsman.com/32.jpg Comments welcome and appreciated as always. Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/ General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/