Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] another sorta a week until I build a site for PAW
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:34:37 +0100
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Hi Don,

A nice set of pictures as always. I really like your barbershop picture this
time, I feel like I am getting to know the place through your ongoing
documentation of it.

Nathan

Don Dory wrote:

> Well boys and girls, Atlanta was shut down by a terrible blizzard(four
> inches of snow) and record cold temperatures(around 0C).  This was very
> fertile ground for photography.
>
> The first selection is two young ladies dressed for the frozen north eating
> a pleasant lunch(school of course was canceled due to snow).  Even though
> they were in a pleasantly warm deli you would think they were cold.
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=508473
>
> The second selection is a delivery person making his second delivery of the
> day.  It seems in blizzard conditions you must stock up on bread as the food
> supply might run out and the family would starve if you didn't have four or
> five loaves of bread in the house.  This shot is when he first notices that
> I am taking his picture.
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=508477
>
> The third selection is after he has run one cart of bread in and he was
> explaining to me that by Friday he would not have any deliveries to make
> because everyone had enough bread to build a swimming pool float.  By this
> time he was enjoying the attention.
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=508481
>
> The fourth selection is from the barber shop that I've been recording over
> the past few months.  It seems even in blizzard conditions people get to
> work and someone needs their services.  Business seemed a little slow
> though.
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=508489
>
> The fifth selection is from a day or two prior to the snowstorm.  I enjoyed
> these two and their good humor as I took their picture.  I'm posting it
> because I shot it with the last version of the 90 Elmarit at 2.8.  You will
> note that it is very sharp within it's plane of focus.
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=508495
>
> For those with dial up the index is at
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/index.tcl
>
> As always please consume those electrons, it's good for the economy and it's
> good for my picture taking.
>
> Don Dory
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
>
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