[Leica] The cat came back...

[phong at doan-ltd.com (Phong)]

Hello Jim,

I am glad you re-subscribed to the LUG, very glad indeed.
I have been very busy and haven't had much time for the LUG.
It would be a loss for me though that when I check back in, I 
would not find you here.  And some of the images of Rebecca
will stay with me for a long time.

While I am at it, I rather like the Pancake Girls.  Aside from the
fun pose, the sparseness of the kitchen reminds me of ads
in the late '50s, early '60s.  Thanks for posting.

- Phong

Jim McIntyre wrote:
> 
> Hello LUG
> 
> I unsubscribed a few weeks ago. I was a little annoyed with some 
> of the off-topic chatter, the "cliquish" and self-serving 
> dialogue, and the general meandering of the group, etc. More to 
> the point, I posted 5 PAW's in a row, and got zero -- nada -- 
> feedback. I'm under no delusions that I'm the next HBC, or 
> anything close, but I do think I have something to offer. And I 
> really do appreciate feedback -- laudatius or otherwise. The lack 
> of response is worse than negative (and hopefully constructive) 
> feedback. It's like talking to a dead phone line....
> 
> However, I have been checking the LUG archives, and looking at 
> the posts. I've skipped over the more off-topic messages (which 
> admittedly can be quite entertaining and educational), stayed 
> away from the vitriolic political threads, and checked all the 
> PAW and photograph postings I could. The truth is I have valued 
> the feedback I have received in the past, and knowing I had an 
> "obligation" to keep up my PAW activities for the LUG kept me 
> active with my camera (no small challenge with rebuilding a 
> career and 3 kids...).
> 
> So I'm back. And to put my money where my keyboarding is, I've 
> posted a PAW:
> 
> http://members.rogers.com/jmcdesigns/jamesstreet/2004-33.htm
> 
> Slam away, lambaste me for using my nieces and daughter as 
> convenient subjects, but please, let me know you took the time to 
> view my work, and by all means let know what I can do to improve. 
> No photographer should work in vacuum...except to remove the dust 
> from the negatives!
> 
> ciao...
> 
> Jim