Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe I will next time I'm in the USA. Cheers Jayanand On 2/28/07, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > > I assure you that there is no forced joviality. There is a spirit you > cannot understand unless you visit. > > > > On 2/27/07, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I agree that you cannot make me want to go. To me, all this seemingly > > forced > > jollity and play and Mardi Gras does not ring true - it looks,feels and > > smells like a tourist trap. Maybe I,m right and maybe wrong.... > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On 2/28/07, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > It may be that I have not documented sights and jazz. There is > > certainly > > > that there. I also don't much shoot pictures of the food, because it > > may > > > not be picturesque thoug it is often wonderful. > > > > > > I did show a picture of Pete Fountain, (formerly my neighbor) in the > > Mardi > > > Gras stuff, but you can't hear his music in my picture. > > > > > > You know, I rarely shoot establishing shots; I shoot details. If you > > want > > > postcards, you must visit and buy them. > > > > > > New Orleans today is a town torn. In the middle it is vibrant and > fun, > > on > > > the outside, it is a shadow of the former self. > > > > > > I can't make you want to come. New Orleans is a place you have to > > > experience. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Sonny > > > http://www.sonc.com > > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > > USA > > > > > > > > > On 2/27/07, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sonny, > > > > Very nice, lovely colours. Somehow, all the photos I have seen of > New > > > > Orleans from all of you have not enthused me to want to visit it - > and > > I > > > > am > > > > a travel and a jazz addict. I wonder why? > > > > Cheers > > > > Jayanand > > > > > > > > On 2/27/07, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I had some more pictures from New Orleans that did not semm to fit > > the > > > > > earlier two sets, but I did want to show them. > > > > > > > > > > Here are eight shots beginning here. Use the arrows to navigate > or > > > just > > > > > click on the picture. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.sonc.com/seen_in_NO/pages/IMGP3664.htm > > > > > > > > > > Comments welcome. Some of these are a bit different from my > usual. > > > > > -- > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Sonny > > > > > http://www.sonc.com > > > > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > > > > USA > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >