Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, I can remember visiting family in Nebraska in the summer months. 100 degree weather never stopped us from going about the farm or in a gang go to the city park. When you are that age, you don't really notice how hot it is, there is always a hose somewhere to get a drink from. :0 Don don.dory@gmail.com On 7/22/06, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been on the road for the past week or so at my wife's family > reunion in Spearfish, South Dakota - that's up by Mount Rushmore for > you monument fans and very near to Sturgis for you biker-dudes. > > Things began on Thursday and on Friday everyone, all 50, had arrived. > > Saturday night we hosted a reception for the family in honor of our > oldest who had a small wedding back in Virginia. Only a few family > members attended so this was a way to meet the bride and groom. We > held it at a catering location south of town. > > It was HOT, in the 100s every day. And we shared the town with over > 800 Corvettes of every year and model you can imagine. Amazingly, > almost everyone who was a part of the Corvette rally was about my age! > It was so fun! I've never felt so mainstream! I'll have some images > derived from that experience later on. > > After the dinner I looked outside and there was this glorious "golden > hour" light - filtered through smoke from a lightning kindled > range-fire near Devils Tower in Wyoming, maybe 30 miles away. > > We took lots of photos - big group ones where I had to set the camera > and run to make it into the picture - and some smaller ensembles. > > This one is Jack and his mother and father. Jack is a favorite subject > of mine - he's open, honest, a delightful child, and NOT happy to be > plucked away from the cousins and uncles who were playing a bit of > baseball: > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U3796.jpg> > > Moments after his feet hit the ground he was scurrying off to join the > crowd. A boy of summer. Running. > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/_L3U3797.jpg> > > All images take with a Canon 1Ds MKII, 24-70L f2.8 lens. Shot wide > open with a bit of fill 'cause it was past sunset at this point. Still > over 100 degrees too! > > Comments welcome of course. > > Adam Bridge > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >