Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice, but I had pictured the combatants being inside a ring or possibly a cage. On 4/5/2014 11:49 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/pillow+fight/ > > Leica M3, CV 28/3.5, Neopan 400 > > Jim Shulman > Wynnewood, PA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Geoff Hopkinson > Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2014 12:31 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] One of the joys of a film Leica > > Of course, Jim. Just teasing. I noticed in our news here that this happens > in cities across the globe. In London you were not allowed to hit anyone > with a camera or not wielding a pillow apparently! > When pillows are outlawed only outlaws will tickle you with feathers. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 6 April 2014 14:15, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > >> Hoppy, I have to wait a bit until the pictures are ready (film, >> drying, >> scanning--remember?) The digital crowd has already posted their stuff. >> >> j >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson >> Sent: Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:19 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] One of the joys of a film Leica >> >> Pictures!? Where are the pictures Jim !? Without them it didn't happen. >> >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> On 6 April 2014 10:49, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >> >>> Negs in the SHOWER??? >>> >>> I have just 2 words for you: Norman Bates! >>> >>> --howard >>> >>> BTW, I loved that really snarky comment about the red rings and >>> you-know-who's bathtub. >>> >>> >>> On Apr 5, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> >> wrote: >>>> Today's I was invited to participate in International Pillow Fight >>>> Day (yes, there is such a thing). When I showed up at the park, >>>> there were about three or four middle-aged photographers to each >> pillow fighter. >>>> Almost everyone had a mammoth DSLR, most with equally mammoth >>>> zooms with red rings at the end (there were so many, you'd have >>>> thought it was >>> Norman >>>> Bates' bathtub!). When the fighting started, I jumped right into >>>> the >>> fray >>>> with my M3, ISO 400 b/w film, and a CV 28/3.5, which is a really >>>> compact lens. They pounded away (and a few times I was whacked.) >>>> Of course, I >>> had >>>> no fears whatsoever for the outfit, since both camera and lens are >>>> built like a tank. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> However, I was the only shooter in the middle of it, since >>>> everyone else was terrified that one swat would destroy their >>>> $2000, 3000 or >> whatever >>>> DSLR outfit. So, from a distance it looked like a lot of pillow >>>> fighters, surrounded by a bunch of guys who looked as thought they >>>> were photographing wildlife from a Range Rover. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Negatives in the shower drying now. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Jim Shulman >>>> >>>> Wynnewood, PA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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