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Subject: [Leica] Highlands PAW 41
From: john at mcmaster.co.uk (John McMaster)
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 07:48:26 +0000
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Thanks Douglas, she was murdered after we left the island....

john

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From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On 
Behalf Of Douglas Barry
Sent: Friday, 20 October 2017 2:28 a.m.
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Highlands PAW 41

John,? I've just had a look at your images from Malta - no inside stories on 
bombed journalists, nor reflections on foreign interference on Maltese 
domestic issues, so that was disappointing, but the rest were wonderful. I 
have to report that we have something in common with you in that we have 
someone dear to us who is Maltese: voluble and opinionated, she is our 
gardener. She strides through my horticultural hopes contemptuously kicking 
aspirational planting into the wide blue yonder. 
I sometimes wonder will I be left with ere a daisy. Is this a general 
Maltese trait, I ask?

Tonight was my birthday, so I celebrated with forty other people who didn't 
realise it was my birthday and enjoyed some of the finer wines from Bordeaux 
as the Bordelais vignerons still know how to make wine whereas the Leica 
cameraeons have forgotten how to make cameras. Thambar
- how are you?? In truth, it was one of the dinners for my Bordeaux wine 
club. Aside from the starter white, we had various reds, in this order,
'09 Ch. Milens, '98 Ch. Montrose, '98 Ch. Cos d'Estournel, then two sweet 
Sauternes a '76 Raymond Lafon' and finally '08 Ch. Rayne Vigneau. 
I didn't bring a camera, but I'd recommend the '08 Rayne Vigneau if you're a 
dab hand at a dexterous creme brulee and want to recreate a mise en scene of 
utter voluptuousness.

Douglas




On 19/10/2017 20:57, John McMaster wrote:
> Not really in the Highlands, no clouds!  Spent a week in Malta (Karen 
> is half Maltese and spent the first part of her life there), so as in 
> a city my PAW is back its old style ;-)
>
> http://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2017/41
>
> Here is a panorama of the Three Cities from the Upper Barrakka Gardens
>
> http://johnmcmaster.com/PESO/Panoramas/pano_20171010_Valletta.jpg
>
> We stayed in Birgu and knew that the Festival of Light was to be held when 
> we were there, the street lights are turned off and just candle light 
> illuminates (or not) the streets.  For the first time in years I did not 
> take any M kit with me, 'just' S(007) and four lenses (24, 45,70 and 120, 
> equivalent to 19, 35, 56 and 96) - still weighs ~9kg so that is the 
> downside.  Lenses are about two stops slower than my M lenses (although 
> still faster than zoom lenses), however it is far better at high ISO than 
> my M(240) and some of these shots are at 12,800.
>
> Some more general vies from Malta
> http://johnmcmaster.com/PESO/2017Malta
>
> C & C welcome
>
> john
>
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In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.uk (John McMaster) ([Leica] Highlands PAW 41)
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