Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, you were on the rollercoaster and took the picture? That would be a challenge for me on it's own so good catch,I can't even read on a bus...... We have a small yacht(22ft)and need drugs just to be on it while docked in the pen..(LOL) Karina > (I am cross-posting it to the Rollei list due to Rollei content) > > Last week I did not take any pictures. My dog was hit by a car and is > still in the hospital; immediately after the accident she was in shock > and instinctively bit my right hand, which is now swollen and taped up > so I can photograph only with the greatest difficulty. And frankly, my > mind is not into it. So instead I am cheating (but at least admitting > it) by posting ten pictures from the last 3-4 trips to London. While > none of them were taken last week, they are all very recent, from late > March until the week before last, so I hope to be forgiven. > > At the end of March I took the family to London for a long weekend; > since this was a vacation, I did not have to drag along business attire > and papers+notebook, so I was able to take my Leicas and use them. One > of the days I took the children to Legoland Windsor while my wife was > let loose in the shops, and the first three inages are from there: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17.jpg > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt1.jpg > > Both of these rollercoaster shots with Leica M6+24mm Elmarit on Fuji > Provia 100F. > > The next shot of a balloon vendor is also from Legoland Windsor, with > the 35mm Summilux: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt2.jpg > > The remaining pictures are taken during business trips to London in > April, and hence with my preferred pocket camera, the Rollei 35. The > more I use it, the more I like this little jewel. > > One of my business partners in London is a member of the Athenaeum Club. > It is one of the old, very traditional gentleman's clubs (although it > does admit women nowadays). Anyone who has ever walked from Picadilly > Circus to Trafalgar Square will recognise this statue, but few have had > a chance to photograph it from the vantage point of the club's balcony: > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt3.jpg > Inside, this is the drawing room of the Athenaeum: > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt4.jpg > Both of these images on Agfa Scala. > > The next shot is from one of my homes away from home, a pub in North > London (Finchley Road). The Underground runs only about 1 metre beneath > the bar, and the passing trains can be felt and heard. > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt5.jpg > (Rollei 35, Ilford Delta 3200) > > As with most big cities, the most interesting part of London it its > diversity of people. Here is one of the many buskers, with a somewhat > unique choice of instrument, taken outside the HMV shop on Picadilly. I > especially liked the symmetry between his traffic cone and the HMV logo > on the door: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt6.jpg > (Rollei 35, Kodak Supra 400) > > When I am around famous landmarks, I usually look more at the people > than at the building. Here is a Japanese tourist photographing St. > Paul's Cathedral: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt7.jpg > (Rollei 35, Agfa Scala) > > I almost always stay in a cheap hotel near Finchley Road. Since this is > a traditional English hotel, the coffee is terrible, so I usually stop > at a proper coffee shop next to the tube station to get my central > nervous system up and running. The last time I met this nice lady with a > cat. It turned out that she was a volunteer with a charity, visiting > nursing homes and the like to provide the residents with much needed pet > contact (for more info, see: http://www.petsastherapy.org/). So she and > her cat were just getting ready to go to work: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt8.jpg > (Rollei 35, Agfa Scala) > > And finally, these two vendors at the Covent Garden market. This is not > a posed shot, they were really having their conversation in this way, > although I did ask for permission to photograph them (as was the case > with the cat lady): > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt9.jpg > (Rollei 35, Agfa Scala) > > The complete PAW site is at: > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > and comments/critique are welcome and appreciated as always. > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html