Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, That?s a fantastic set where film rules - amazing takes and rendition, the guy(s) knew the job. Thanks for sharing Amities Philippe > Le 7 sept. 2018 ? 02:34, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > > Howard, it great to see such an involved community activity still being > carried out on your island. Your pal took two great pictures of you, even > though, to the disappointment of perhaps some, he used a Nikon :-) > Personally I was disappointed that I didn't see you and your wife with > some of the more traditional equipment... > https://mashable.com/2017/06/03/hop-pickers/?europe=true#tqwFM1zqUqqN > > Douglas > > On 06/09/2018 23:53, CartersXRd via LUG wrote: >> always love a story >> >> ric >> >> >>> On Sep 6, 2018, at 3:09 PM, Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at >>> leica-users.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Luggers, >>> On Tuesday some 60 neighbours gathered at Richard?s Hop Farm on Pender >>> Island >>> to harvest his hop crop which he sells to the Hoyne Brewery in Victoria. >>> >>> The community building exercise takes about 4 or 5 hours - including >>> a break for lunch with beer provided by Hoyne - who send their truck over >>> on the morning ferry - to take the freshly picked hops back to the >>> brewery >>> for immediate cooking. The end product is Wolf Vine beer - highly sought >>> after >>> and in very limited quantities. I have already ordered 6 big bottles from >>> the liquor store for our thanksgiving dinner with the family. >>> >>> Here is a sub folder in my 2018 folder of the Hop harvest. Almost all >>> pictures are >>> taken with my repaired M10 and the Tri-Elmar at various focal lengths. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Hop+Harvest/ >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Hop+Harvest/> >>> >>> We managed to pick 40 barrels (each weighing about 12 pounds) of Cascade >>> Hops and 10 barrels of Sterling in the sunny 4 - 5 hours we were there. >>> >>> I wanted to highlight one photo - the reward for the day: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Hop+Harvest/ >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Hop+Harvest/> >>> >>> You can look large if you like. C&C always welcome. >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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