Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm game for a reunion at the Long Beach Aquarium. Just let me know the date and time. Henry - --- tm <leicar8@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi, Frank. Thanks for your kind thoughts! Re your > 'what do you want' > question, I've yearned to go to the Long Beach > Aquarium since it opened so > as to get some neat aquatic compositions with my M6 > or R8 but have not yet. > Armed with fast, fast film and various lenses, > perhaps this would result in > a very interesting get-together for us > post-shooting, not to indulge in "I'm > better than you" exclamations but merely to have fun > simply discovering what > all of us captured on our respective emulsions and > lenses. This would also > generate very interesting moments involving seeing > what the numerous Leica > lenses present at the shoot accomplished under the > difficult lighting. I > could do some Web research on aquarium technique and > forward the link(s) to > all who would intend to participate before the date > we choose. BTW, tripods > and monopods are no doubt banned; thus the > mentioning of fast, fast film. > Let me know what your thoughts on this are. > Meanwhile, I have no other > immediate preferences as to subject material and > would welcome location and > subject suggestions from the other participants who > were in Chinatown. Oh--I > forgot to again thank Slobodan for generously > providing batteries for my M6 > on yesterday's shoot. I've never had batteries > expire while out shooting and > he was truly a lifesaver! Based on his generosity, > I'm holding no grudge > against his daughter for suddenly reaching her > food-tarnished fingers into > my Billingham bag at the lunch table and splattering > my 24mm ASPH lens' > glass with soy sauce, plum sauce, or whatever it > was! Besides, Joseph > Codispoti's outstanding ClearSight lens cleaner, as > always, did a > magnificent job in cleaning the muck off. Thanks, > Slobodan! > > Terry > > > > > > Everyone has their own idea of what they want to > take a picture of. Not > all > > venues work for all people. Terry's comments were > recevied well by me. > He > > is a very nice fellow, with picture taking desires > that are different then > > mine. I bet I could learn a lot from him. > > > > Terry, what do you want to take pictures of? > Scenics? Builldings? > > Flower/still lifes? Studio Portraits? > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html