Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/13

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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: NYC Washington Square Pillow Fight 2012
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:46:42 +0200
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I have heard about this event, looks great in your photos, especially those 
where you were in the middle of the action. The first image, with the cops, 
freaked me out a bit. Why such a heavy police presence? Pillows are not 
deadly weapons, at least not in a park...

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://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/


YNWA



On Apr 8, 2012, at 8:14 AM, Phil Forrest wrote:

> Today I found myself in the middle of one of the biggest pillow fights
> in the nation, if not the world. Casualties were minimal. An aperture
> blade in my 10.5cm Nikkor LTM lens got knocked loose so it's stuck wide
> open now until I repair it when I get back to Philly next week (things
> could be worse, really; f/2.5 is what that lens was made for.) I shot
> about 760 images with the M9 and a whopping whole roll of B&W film with
> my M4. This was one of those cases where the aperture priority of the
> M9 came in handy. If I ever do get rid of it, I'm gonna have to get an
> M7 in case I wind up in another pillow fight...
> 
> Here's the album of a few photos:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NYC_Oct3108/Apr12_PillowFight/
> Certainly more images to be added in the next few days.
> Comments an critique always appreciated.
> 
> Thanks all,
> Phil Forrest
> 
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Replies: Reply from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] IMGS: NYC Washington Square Pillow Fight 2012)
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