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Subject: [Leica] Aaron's PAW#25: More Hoopers and a "see y'all"
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Wed Jun 23 14:39:30 2004

Looking forward to seeing the hard copies and any other late arrivals 
will of course be welcome.


On Wednesday, Jun 23, 2004, at 00:58 Australia/Melbourne, Aaron Sandler 
wrote:

> Thank you very much!  They'll be in the list of "possibles" for 
> submission to FOM2 this year!
>
> Speaking of which, I haven't forgotten about printing my two shots 
> that were selected last year: I'm most of the way satisfied with the 
> more difficult one, and the other shouldn't take long at all.
>
> Best,
> Aaron
>
>
>
> At 07:12 PM 6/21/2004, you wrote:
>> Really love the first two: the last one has the face slightly covered 
>> by teh hands and slightly out of focus, but one and two are >> "rippers".
>>
>> Cheers
>> On Tuesday, Jun 22, 2004, at 01:57 Australia/Melbourne, Aaron Sandler 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Buoyed by the encouragement of several LUGgers, I went back again on 
>>> Thursday for some more photos of the local hula hoopers.  This time 
>>> there seemed to be more regular folks picking up the extra hoops and 
>>> joining in, in addition to the hardcore aficionados.
>>>
>>> My main PAW for week #25 is a 5 year-old girl who is well on her way 
>>> to being a professional hooper (if there is such a thing).  I think 
>>> I got the motion blur just right on this one:
>>> http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_25/index.html
>>>
>>> Alt1 is of Vivian, one of the main hoopers, who is great to watch 
>>> because she shows real joy while hooping.  This shot might be a 
>>> little too cluttered, but I like her expression.  I was wishing I 
>>> had my 90mm with me for this one:
>>> http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_25/pages/alt1.html
>>>
>>> Alt2 shows that there is at least one other person as fascinated by 
>>> the hoopers as I am:
>>> http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_25/pages/alt2.html
>>>
>>> I'll be temporarily signing off the LUG tomorrow afternoon.  I'm 
>>> heading out for my trip to England, Switzerland, and Italy, and my 
>>> inbox can't handle the 10,000 messages that will be generated while 
>>> I'm gone.  And I don't think my housesitter wants to sort through 
>>> them all for me!  Have fun, and I'll post some shots when I return.
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking and/or commenting,
>>> Aaron
>
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In reply to: Message from aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler) ([Leica] Aaron's PAW#25: More Hoopers and a "see y'all")