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Subject: [Leica] Don's PAW Back to basics, lighting the tree
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Sun Dec 18 09:14:22 2005
References: <9b678e0512180653x4fcc8358gb37504501c076bb2@mail.gmail.com>

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
> 
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