Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I admire your perseverance. Keep 'em coming. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 2/14/2016 6:40 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: > Thanks! > > Interesting story behind the picture (and many others I'm scanning now). > Philadelphia's Love Park, so named for the Robert Indiana "LOVE" sculpture > at the top of the park, is a legacy of 1960s urban improvement--a > collection of concrete benches and stairs, surrounding a center fountain. > Evidently it's also a mecca for skateboarders, who for the past several > decades have played a cat-and-mouse game with the local cops, who chase > them away (evidently skateboards are quite destructive to concrete). > > The park's slated to be demolished, starting tomorrow, and replaced with > something that's more in tune with 21st century sensibilities, including > more grass and less brutalist concrete. For the past four days the park's > been open to all skateboarders; today, the last day, the place was packed > with enthusiasts who had come from as far away as California and Oregon, > on short notice (the announcement for the free-for-all was only made this > past Wednesday). > > Today was the least awful of the past several days, with temperatures that > were at best in the low teens. At least today there wasn't much wind; > yesterday the wind chill put the effective temperature in the negatives. > > As it was I could only take about 90 minutes of shooting, even with the > complimentary hot coffee from La Colombe. My winding thumb is still a > little numb; my M3 was starting to act very, very cranky--even with a > Krauter CLA eight years ago the lubricants were not exactly thrilled to be > out in the frigid air! > > However, in spite of the cold this was a once-in-a-lifetime event, so I > had to be there. > > J > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] > On > Behalf Of Jim Nichols > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 7:33 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO 02 14 16 > > Good timing, Jim. That's hard work. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 2/14/2016 6:29 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/loveskate+004+02+14+16+sm.jpg.htm > l >> >> >> M3, Canon 135/3.5, Neopan 400 >> >> >> >> 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 >