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Subject: [Leica] Times Square and "The Kiss"
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:11:28 -0400
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Aw, jeez...  what luck!   

Regards, 

Dick



On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Jim Shulman wrote:

> Nope, he was doin' what came naturally.
> 
> J
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Richard
> Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:53 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Times Square and "The Kiss"
> 
> I waited for a bit to see what people were doing but, other than the gal
> hugging the leg, there was little action.  Most people were just 
> goggle-eyed
> at the giants at snapping away.  
> 
> Now, fess-up Jim, you asked that guy to look up "her" skirt, right?  :-)  
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Dick
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
>> I see you walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, as I did back in May--nice! I
> like the big statue, but it would have been even nicer if you had caught 
> any
> couples replicating the kiss :-)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 16, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>> 
>>> Time Square was mobbed last Saturday afternoon and I'll bet a thousand
> other people took exactly this picture. 
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010515.jpg.html
>>> or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2cx8pfs
>>> 
>>> Eisenstadt's iconic photograph of "The Kiss" taken in Times Square at the
> end of WW2 is getting alot of attention this year.
>>> 
>>> 
> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/from-photos-periphery-an-eyewit
> ness-to-a-timeless-kiss/?scp=1&sq=eisenstadt&st=cse
>>> or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/268kgrb
>>> 
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-J_day_in_Times_Square
>>> 
>>> And this tall replica of the event got alot of attention last Saturday,
> 65 years to the day from when it was taken. .  
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010606.jpg.html
>>> or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/23xjj87
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010618.jpg.html
>>> or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/239584r
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010619.jpg.html
>>> or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/242f9qw
>>> 
>>> GF-1 20mm f1.7 ISO 400.
>>> 
>>> C&C always welcome. 
>>> 
>>> Regards, 
>>> 
>>> Dick
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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