Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/10
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Nathan:
just saw your pix of London. I love wandering around London with
Leica and B&W film and do the same thing. Pic of Covent Garden, Graffiti,
Piccadilly at night were great. Pic of valet parking sign with wrecks needed
a recrop in my personal opinion to be stronger, sign versus car.
As a frequent traveller to the UK, I was looking at easyjet on the web for
possible journeys. Why can't you have your Domke with your Leica.
Kevin Argue
kargue@sympatico.ca
St. Catharines, Ontario
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>From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
>To: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>, RUG <rollei@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 6 -- it is Monday, so I must be in London...
>Date: Sun, Feb 10, 2002, 5:00 PM
>
> (cross-posting to the RUG because of Rollei content)
>
> The beginning of week 6 found me in London. Lest you envy all my
> travels, let me tell you that the weather was awful and because I was on
> a budget it meant flying Easyjet and staying in a Holiday Inn Express in
> Canning Town, not exactly the glamourous part of London. Also, because
> of the extremely strict carry-on restrictions imposed by Easyjet, the
> Domke bag with my Leicas stayed at home, and my camera was a Rollei 35
> in my pocket. So, here are the results.
>
> The one place it did not rain was inside the Covent Garden market. I
> like this shot because I did not sneak it--the lady was well aware that
> I was taking pictures and apparently had no objection to it:
>
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_6.jpg
>
> Venturing outside meant weather like this, here captured on Picadilly
> Circus:
>
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_6alt1.jpg
>
> The neighbourhood around my hotel was quite run down, and on Tuesday
> morning, when I had some time to kill, I went for a walk and
> photographed some of the signs and graffiti. I was particularly
> attracted to disconnects between signs or billboards and their physical
> surroundings, as in these two shots:
>
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_6alt2.jpg
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_6alt3.jpg
>
> and finally a place where the graffiti sign fits the place:
>
> http://www.wajsman.com/2002_6alt4.jpg
>
> All five pictures with the Rollei 35 on Delta 3200 developed in XTOL
> 1+1.
>
> Before you all feel sorry for me, let me add that the trip was a good
> one nonetheless, with productive meetings, a great Martin Parr exhibit,
> and a most pleasant dinner with LUGger Steve Patriquen and his wife
> Fran. As far as I am concerned, there is no such thing as a bad trip to
> London.
>
> The complete PAW index is at:
>
> http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm
>
> and comments/critique are welcome and appreciated as always.
>
> Nathan
>
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
>
> e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch
>
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>
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