Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Although the shot seems a bit 'washed down' I do prefer 'Mary and the lights' out of the 3 you showed us. You caught an intimate moment with a good combination of blur and focus + some stopping ower due to the 'what does she have under her arm?' item. Thanks for showing, and a great ending of this year to you and yours, too, Philippe Op 18-dec-05, om 15:53 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven: > Mary came home from school this week with three priorities. First > was to > finish a major paper for her final grade, second was to catch up on > sleep, > and third was to get our Christmas tree up and decorated. This > weeks PAW is > really a family snapshot, but sometimes items of vast personal > importance > can be trivial. For example, the reed organ in the background was > carried > by wagon from Connecticut to Nebraska in the 1860's and was > restored by > SWMBO's Grandfather. The candlesticks in the background were > turned by my > father under duress from my mother who wanted two inch candles for a > Thanksgiving meal many years ago. So, sometimes, trivial items of > little > meaning to outsiders are very important. > > Anyway, first up: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/maryandthelights > > Second, getting busted is sometimes fun. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/maryglares > > Last, my personal favorite although flawed as a photograph by an > overly > bright background and a just missed focus. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/marysettinglights > > So, to all of my many friends at the LUG saloon, have a wonderful > end of > year. Spend time with your loved ones; reflect on those departed; > do at > least one act of charity toward the undeserving; and keep pushing that > shutter, who knows what could happen. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >