Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a delight Mark. Now Nyla is really a dog I must meet! Happy Christmas, Frank On 23 Dec, 2010, at 17:07, Mark Pope wrote: > Nyla (her name means 'cloud' in Gaelic) is our new nine-week-old Samoyed > puppy. We had a rather tiring 350-odd mile drive on Tuesday to pick her > up from the breeder in Northern England. > Thankfully, the weather wasn't too bad. We had tried to go last Saturday, > but the snow and ice meant discretion was the better part of valour and we > abandoned the journey after just ten miles. The roads were pretty dirty > and I wasn't expecting to use over a gallon of windscreen washer fluid. > > This was Nyla's first foray into the garden. I think using a DSLR was a > good decision! Cold hands and rangefinder focusing would have been an > interesting if fruitless combination in this situation! > > So without further ado...5D mk 2, 24-105mm lens. > > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week48-1.jpg > > > I hope you enjoy it and it may bring a smile to those of you who have > recently lost dogs. > > It's going to be an interesting Christmas in the Pope Household. They do > say that a dog isn't just for Christmas. With a bit of luck, there should > be leftovers for boxing day :-) > > I wish everyone on the LUG, PAW and CVUG groups a very happy Christmas and > a prosperous new year. > > Mark > > -- > > > > Mark Pope, > Swindon, Wilts > UK > > Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk > Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog > Picture a week (2010) > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010 > Picture a week (2009) > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009 > (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information