[Leica] Children in the Park I : and a disturbing incident

[photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)]

Aram, never forget that, when on the streets of Barcelona, Lluis wears his 
cape of invisibility ;-)

And yes, there are encounters that matter in a life, the LUG is one among 
others, and I learned a lot here too.

Amities

Philippe



> Le 20 oct. 2020 ? 02:06, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a 
> ?crit :
> 
> Excellent.  Just out of curiosity, do you know these children?  Many years 
> ago I was waiting for a friend in a local park to go shoot some fall 
> color. I had just received my 35/2 R lens and was pointing it around to 
> see how it might flare in the sun.  I happened to be pointing it in the 
> area of the children's play area and some guy came up to me and challenged 
> me about taking photos of kids playing.  I didn't even have film in my R8 
> at the time.  He wrote down my license plate number.  I then pointed my 
> camera at him and took his picture (no film, remember).  Luckily my friend 
> showed up and we wandered off to take some photos.  That was pretty 
> upsetting to me, being a teacher.   It was a sad commentary on the state 
> of affairs in our modern society.  Growing up in Seattle, I met an elderly 
> gentleman on the corner of our bloc, three houses away.  We got to be 
> friends and he got me started on my science career.  His name was Trevor 
> Kincaid and he has a building named after him on the University of 
> Washington campus.  He was long retired but we spent a lot of time 
> together catching insects and looking through his microscope in his 
> basement lab.  Can you imagine anything like that happening today?  Sad as 
> I learned a lot from him.  My parents eventually met him and even my 
> brothers and sisters and my neighborhood friends would partake in his 
> company at times, but none as much as I would.  Without him my whole life 
> would have been different.
> 
> Aram
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Lluis Ripoll
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 7:57 AM
> To: Leica Users Group ; MUGers at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Leica] Children in the Park I
> 
> On the way
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100113.jpg.html>
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> A Princess ? from her Balcony
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100122.jpg.html>
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> Playing with something
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100123.jpg.html>
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> Park?s games
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100126.jpg.html>
> 
> Leica M6, Noctilux 50, Ilford HP5, D-23  1:3
> 
> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
> 
> Saludos cordiales
> Lluis
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