Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]JIm, Thanks for reinforcing my opinion that it was the best portrait if not the best image. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 12/18/05, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: > > Hi Don: > > I like the third best, the light background doesn't bother me at all, > and it's a rather nice pensive photo of your daughter. > > Jim > > Don Dory wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >