Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan- Check the photo at the station, it seems to be backward. Check the words below him. Kevin Argue Canada > From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 06:49:33 +0100 > To: LEG <leica@freelists.org>, Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 1: More from Poland > > Before I begin, let me once again thank Kyle Cassidy (whom I had the > pleasure of meeting in Philadelphia in October) for coming up with the > PAW idea back in 2000 and creating the template that I am still > using--now going into my 5th year of PAWs! This effort and the feedback > received has been the biggest spur to my photographic development (pun > intended!) than any equipment I have ever bought. > > The year began where 2004 ended--in Wroclaw, Poland. On New Year's Day I > went for a walk in an area near the cathedral, called Ostr?w Tumski--it > is an island on the Odra (Oder) river, containing the cathedral and a > bunch of other church properties, including a luxury hotel. But it is a > nice place to go for walks, or just to sit and chat with a friend: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_1.jpg > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_1alt1.jpg > (these two are quasi-Leica shots, being taken with the 100mm Apo Macro) > > We had coffee at a grand old caf? in the center of town: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_1alt2.jpg > > Outside the medieval City Hall, kitsch art vendors are chatting and > wondering why some guy is photographing them: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_1alt3.jpg > > Wroclaw's main train station, dating from the 1930s, is a good place to > go for a walk when the weather is bad--it is quite big and there are > lots of interesting people and things. I saw this guy, taking a nap > standing up: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_1alt4.jpg > (I am not sure if he is homeless or just a passenger with a long wait; > so Kyle's commandment may not have been violated by taking this photo). > > The complete PAW index is at: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2005.html > and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information