Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/04
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Peter,
No arguments here. That is the red light district and that is nice bokeh.
I can see you've practiced the speech you delivered to your spouse regarding
your presence in the red light district. I'm not sure that words like
"ambience," and phrases like "gritty urban realism" actually distract women
very much from the argument at hand.
I love the second shot as an illustration of the way that so many European
countries manage to do everything on bikes.
Thanks for posting.
Regards,
Michael Gerard
geeman1066@earthlink.net
Peter Klein wrote:
> > Sander posted: http://home.planet.nl/~sanderva/luaweb/image13.htm,
> > captioned "Yes, this is the Red LIght District."
>
> OK, guys. You want Red Light District? I'll give you Red Light District.
>
> The technical quality of this photo is absolutely abysmal. However, it
> shows the excellent bokeh of which the pre-ASPH 35mm Summicron is
> capable. It was shot from the hip as I walked quickly away from this, er,
> establishment, after the, er, proprietress saw me with my camera and came
> storming out yelling, "NO PICTURES!"
>
> http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/redlight.htm
>
> I do believe it captures the, er, ambience of the place, the gritty urban
> realism, the. . . oh, forget it. :-)
>
> On a more family-friendly note, Nathan's double-child bicycle seat reminded
> me of this less than conventional Amsterdam bike rider, also stopped at a
> traffic light. (25mm Skopar)
>
> http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/italy/bikedog.htm
>
> Both these shots are from a brief layover in Amsterdam last year.
>
> --Peter
>
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