Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first one is my favourite. The imposing room and the lone human?excellent. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 14 May 2018, at 14:04, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > This morning will be slightly different. I went on a road trip mostly to > deliver the remains of my daughters room to her in Austin. Just before I > left Leica returned my M9 and trip-elmar. Obviously I had to reacquaint > myself with a rangefinder. On the way back I stopped by Baylor University; > it was finals week. > > This image is from the Browning Library; Baylor says that they have the > largest collection of Elizabeth Brownings works and artifacts. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRABrowningLibrarystudy.jpg.html > > The next two images demonstrate the level of desperation the students > endure while waiting for their next exam: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAFinalsWeekII.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAFinalsWeek.jpg.html > > Next stop was in Dallas. I met up with some friends to visit a somewhat > controversial convention going on at the time. Starting with this young > lady who seemed somewhat unsure about the attention she was receiving even > though her father was very encouraging: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAunsuregirl.jpg.html > > We move on to one of the displays. The attendees were very enthusiastic > about touching the displayed goods. I will note that there was at least a > two stage safety inspection to ensure no "accidents" occurred. In this > example there was no firing pin. Also, RRS has moved into this domain to > increase market share. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRARRStripod.jpg.html > > As in most conventions there were some enthusiastic people making > statements: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRABallonpuppet.jpg.html > > While I knew that news teams were being destroyed, this image shows why. A > single person is the whole show. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAINFOwars.jpg.html > > Last image is from the DART station(Dallas has built a reasonably good > light rail system)near the city airport Love Field. The regional airport > is DFW and there has been some infighting among the airlines as the city > airport is just more convenient. Anyway, some friends had invited me to a > nice restaurant downtown and I took the train in rather than try to park. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRADART.jpg.html > > I must say that having a rangefinder back even with the limitations of ISO > and tiny buffer was most enjoyable. > > All the best. > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information