Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris I have some simple common sense logic for you. WHO CARES???????????' cheers, Dr. ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Kiev demonstrations > It has now been more than twenty years since the fall of the Soviet Union, > yet only a few of the states that emerged from the old Soviet empire are > free and democratic today. The three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and > Lithuania), and possibly Armenia and Georgia. The rest are still > authoritarian states, and a few, such as Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, are > now less free than they were under communism. Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov > was the Communist boss of Uzbekistan in the last years of the Soviet > system, and since independence he's brought back medieval punishments, > like boiling people alive! > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > On 2/15/14 3:43 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > >>For a minute I thought someone was demonstrating Kiev cameras. Unlike the >>cameras, I hope this demonstration works. >>On Feb 15, 2014 3:29 PM, "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: >> >>> As you may have heard, Ukraine is in crisis, with the main square of >>>Kiev >>> occupied by demonstrators. A flickr friend of mine is there, and has >>>been >>> posting some pretty amazing pictures of the goings-on. >>> >>> This one is of a journalist who is covering the crisis with a >>>conventional >>> DSLR with telephoto, a Fuji X-Pro1, and what looks like a Speed Graphic! >>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/estabrook/12540699383/> >>> >>> The entire series can be seen on his photostream: >>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/estabrook/with/12541007393/> >>> >>> --Peter >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information