Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was covering one of those virgin type things in El Paso years back. Several thousand people on top of a mountain waiting to be saved by the archbishop. Out of nowhere came a storm of immense proportions. Old men and women, babies, sick and crippled folks who were carried to the top by family and the biggest hailstones I've ever seen. I shot all the way down, images to die for and the cold rain and ice battered us all. At one point I threw myself over an old lady to protect her but then jumped up to shoot some more. Finally made it to the bottom and found my car. When I got home neither of my F3's were loaded. Thirty years as a working photojournalist and I shot my finest work with empty cameras? I think that's when I became an atheist. :-P Walt Nick Roberts wrote: >Only time I was nearly struck by lightning was at a >grotto dedicated to the Virgin - shows how dangerous >religion is! ;) > >Nick > >--- Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote: > > > >>At 02:34 PM 5/18/2006, you wrote: >> >> >>>Tina: >>> >>>I can't agree good only comes from religion anymore >>> >>> >>than all of the >> >> >>>world's evil does. . >>> >>>Walt >>> >>> >>Walt - I said "much of the good" but maybe I should >>have added that I >>didn't include just organized religion. The groups >>I work with are a >>very eclectic bunch of unorganized do-gooders, and, >>even though we >>are sponsored by the PCUSA, we do not proselytize at >>all and we treat >>anybody who shows up at the clinics - Christians, >>Mayans, >>sun-worshipers, pagans - we don't know because we >>don't ask. >> >>I was almost struck by lightning two years ago in >>Guatemala. It >>renewed my faith! Maybe you should go stand out in >>a field during a storm ;-) >> >>Tina >> >>Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA >>http://www.tinamanley.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >>more information >> >> >> > > >Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >