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Subject: [Leica] A good week...and a PAW...
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Sun Jul 31 14:48:34 2005
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20050731143330.01e29950@imap.duke.edu>

Aaron Sandler wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> After several painfully busy weeks/months, I defended my PhD 
> dissertation on Wednesday.  It went well, I passed, and I'm _very_ glad 
> to have it behind me.  :)
> (The before shot, taken by my wife using my M6TTL, is at the top of my 
> main page: http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/ )
> 
> As part of the celebrations, I spent Thursday night doing two things 
> that I feel like I've done very little of recently: 1) I got outside, 
> and 2) I took some pix.  I could feel myself relaxing as I rotated the 
> only-slightly-stiff focusing ring on my summitar collapsible, squeezed 
> the release on my M6TTL, and stroked the film advance.  Nice therapy.
> 
> My PAW this week is from that outing...I caught up with a group of hula 
> hoopers I have photographed before, only this time one of them was doing 
> something different...I'm having trouble editing down to one, so I'm 
> showing two photos, taken a few moments apart:
> 
> http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2005_30/index.html
> 
> I'm curious what folks think...preferences between the two?  Both?  
> Neither?  All points of view welcome.
> 
> Hope all are well,
> Aaron
> 
> 
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Congratulations Aaron. However under such circumstances I really think that 
your 
choice is inappropriate. Your wife's photo shouold be your PAW. It'll 
certainly 
be a keeper - for many years!  ;-)

Peter Dzwig (PhD - but it CERTAINLY wasn't last week)


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