Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You did just fine with your fixed lens camera.? Thanks for sharing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 6/29/2019 6:14 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: > Here's a link to the remaining photographs I took while over in > France. They include some from Cannes, Antibes, and from Juan-les-Pins > where we based ourselves. As Have-Nots, we mingled amongst the > Have-Yachts and discovered that indeed the rich are different: they > have more money... > > Unfortunately, I didn't bother bringing any other camera than my fixed > lens Fuji X100S, and the option to have fitted longer lenses would > have been useful, but then again it wasn't a photographic holiday, > more a relaxing break. So I didn't get close up photos of Roman > Abramovich's Eclipse - the second biggest yacht in the world, or the > amazing plaything of Andrey Melnichenko - Sailing Yacht A with its 300 > feet tall masts, nor the gorgeous Talitha G owned by the Getty family > as all had to remain distant objects. > > Amusingly, we were wandering around the church and castle at the top > of Le Suquet and I noticed a couple of young fellows in their twenties > or early thirties who had Canon gear with long and heavy lenses. They > were taking peripheral shots of the area, so I asked them were they > from a camera club. They turned out to be doing establishing shots for > an American sports interview show hosted by someone called Bensinger > and were going to interview the owner of the Washington Redskins, a > Mr. Snyder on his brand new 305 foot yacht - the Lady S - which was > moored below us in Cannes harbour. While my knowledge of American > football is limited to the O.J. Simpson car "chase", I am interested > in boats, and? leaned over and took a shot, but, with a 35mm > equivalent lens, it looks like a speck. Anyway, it's here in this > group of images, so start at this one and click right. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2019/Antibes120619+Before+-+La+Joie+de+vivre+by+Picasso+at+Muse__+Picasso.jpg.html > > > > Comments welcome > > Douglas > > PS some of these yachts are quite amazing and worth a google. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >