Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What,s a more exciting place then Amsterdam?You are in need of a tour vby a local :) > simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> To: "LEG" <leica@freelists.org>; "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:32 PM Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 12 & 13: Spring in the Netherlands > During the past couple of weeks I have not been to Paris or Seville or > Madrid or any other exciting places, so you will get a glimpse of our > ordinary life here in Holland. During the Easter weekend, spring well and > truly arrived here: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12.jpg > > My daughter's school organized the obligatory Easter egg hunt in a nearby > recration area, so I went and took pictures of kids (but not my own). > Apparently, some of the children took a dim view of the event: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt1.jpg > > This little girl thought she was a fox and so needed to dig a hole: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt2.jpg > > While this little boy had finally pestered his parents enough to get an > ice cream, which provided this image of anticipation: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt3.jpg > > The one thing Netherlands has plenty of is water, and also bike paths, > which are also used by rollerskaters: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt4.jpg > > For week 13, here are a few images from last weekend. Most of our friends > are members of the local expat community. Pam is from Malaysia, married to > an Englishman, in other words, a fairly typical couple in our circle. > Saturday night she invited us over for dinner. Here she is working on the > sat? chicken on the barbecue: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13.jpg > (this is actually my favourite picture of the lot) > > Here is Pam at work on the grill: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt1.jpg > and in the kitchen, making Malaysian curry: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt2.jpg > > The last picture is from a LAN party in my town. For the uninitiated, a > LAN party consists of a bunch of (usually) teenagers getting together and > playing computer games over a LAN set up for the occasion. I took my son > there, and much to my surprise, rather than the stereotypical pale-faced > geeks, I found a bunch of friendly Dutch kids who made my son feel welcome > and part of the group. This is more or less what it looks like: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt3.jpg > I did not stay long, lest I embarass my son too much... > > 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 > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information