Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shrimping Boats and Gator are my favorites, very nice set Chris Saludos Lluis El 12/07/2010, a las 4:26, Chris Williams escribi?: > Couple of weeks ago when Philip Forrest was in NOLA, we drove down > to Lafitte,LA to see if we could capture an of the oil effects on > the shrimping industry. Philip had already been to Grand Isle, and I > had heard BP was setting up "Community Centers" in Lafitte since oil > had been reported now in Barataria Bay. Lafitte is the last town > before you reach the bay, and one of the largest Shrimping boat > towns in Louisiana. No one was really around, most likely either due > to the heat or some folks may have been working at the spill site > but we still drove around and captured a few images. Brand new oil > booms sat at the end of Lafitte next to Tidewater Marine, a huge > world wide company that supplies oil companies with > shipping,personnel,and other marine functions. they have an office > in NOLA as well. One boat did have fresh oil residue on it. > Afterwards we spent some sweating time in Jean Lafitte National Park > being eaten by bugs and looking for gators. This is the same > notorious park that Kyle Cassidy was violently kicked out of during > his last NOLA trip. Seems park rangers don't take kindly to white > dresses and long haired hippies in swamps pretending they are not > professional photographers. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Lafitte/ > > > > Chris Williams > www.zoeicaimages.net > www.rebirthworkshops.com > 504-231-6261 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information