[Leica] IMG Don's PAW Week 10 Las Vegas with no glitz

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Lotsa nice stuff. Nice week.


On Mar 13, 2007, at 9:25 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> Hi Gang,
> Last week was an interesting week as I spent the whole time in LV  
> but really
> didn't find the city very interesting.  Could be the security at  
> the Wynn
> running me off.  Anyway, let's start with the beginning of the trip  
> in the
> airport.  I found this kind soul sleeping through several flights  
> coming and
> going out of this gate.  It is a really long short story about why  
> I spent
> so much time at this gate:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week 
> +10/PAW+week10a.jpg.html
>
> This next one was from Zabrowski Point in Death Valley with really bad
> light.  You do what you can.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week 
> +10/PAW+week10b.jpg.html

Isn't there a famous photo from Yosemite similar to this (Muir?)?
>
> Actually among the sand in Death Valley.  If you ever go, make it  
> to the
> sand at daybreak as the peoples tracks will really mess up your  
> shots or you
> will have to walk a long way over loose sand to find a clean sandbox:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week 
> +10/PAW+week10c.jpg.html

very nice abstract

>
> This is the first decent light I had all day in Death Valley:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week 
> +10/PAW+week10d.jpg.html
>
> What can I say, I like abstract designs.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week 
> +10/PAW+week10e.jpg.html

I think it might have worked better on an overcast day, these shadows  
bug me some

>
> This gent was overly optimistic.  Chatting up a model when her  
> shift doesn't
> end for five more hours.  Trust me, her feet will hurt more than  
> any desire
> for dinner or a drink.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week 
> +10/PAW+week10f.jpg.html

Oh yea, like her feet are going to make the difference;^) The view  
from an old man's fantasy paradise.

>
> This last one is a demonstration of why you should always have a  
> camera.
> Medium escalator, notice a lot of commotion, look down, think it is an
> impersonator, realize it isn't, turn the camera on, jam a focus and  
> click.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week 
> +10/PAW+week10g.jpg.html

In Atlanta? A guy maybe?

Great fun! Have a nice spring, however short it may be.

Ric



>
> Enjoy the evidence of spring if you are Northern, and glory in the  
> end of
> summer and the first twinges of fall in the South.  The M8 is just  
> the bomb,
> 700+ frames in a week when most of the time was training or seeing  
> the next
> big thing.  IR is a breeze.
>
> If the price is doable, get in line and get one.  I've been on this  
> list
> quite a while now and this is the first time I have been so  
> enthusiastic
> about hard goods.  I am sorry about the length of the PAW but it is  
> such a
> blast.
>
>
> -- 
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
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