Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]GB-- I really think the second one is a fine portrait. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Apr 5, 2006, at 4:27 PM, GeeBee wrote: > I met this guy in a hide at a local wildlife sanctuary and was in > awe at > what he had seen and done and the matter of fact way that he told me. > George Hooton served aboard HMS Savage and two of the four > torpedoes that > were fired from her hit the Scharnhorst. When the Scharnhorst sank > all but > 36 of her crew of 2000 went down with her. > > George told me about life on board. Four hours on four hours off, foul > weather, freezing temperatures, sleeping in wet clothes. He is > eighty years > old, sharp as a tack and I could bankrupt the English language and > still not > do justice to how much we owe him and his generation. He is a real > life hero > and meeting him was a privilege. > > > Olympus OM2 SP : Zuiko 35mm f2 : Ilford HP5 @400 > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06060.htm > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06061.htm > > > --Graham > http://www.geebeephoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information