Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 9/12/05 8:03 PM, "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> typed: > Richard: No, I don't know them. I just met them when I followed the > rabbits to territory in the park. There were two couples. The kid's > parents live here. He's mainland Chinese, she's from Taiwan. The mother's > sister was visiting with her husband. I asked permission to take pics of > the kid, and they said yes. I already sent them Jpegs, and they loved > them. I'll probably offer a print or two as well. > > I am very shy of taking pictures of kids these days, for obvious reasons, > but this kid and the rabbits was just too good to pass up. The adults were > speaking Chinese with an occasional English word thrown in. Somehow, I > felt OK asking them. They were really nice people. > > As for the rabbits, they are former pets that were let loose in the > park. They live in dens in some rocks that were piled up as a retaining > wall. There are all sorts of eco-PC signs urging us not to feed them, but > everyone does anyway. They seemed very fond of bok choy. :-) > > --Peter > > At 11:44 PM 9/11/2005 -0700, Richard wrote: >> Ahh.... rabbits. So cute! Great pics. Do you know the woman and her kid? I >> bet she would love to have prints. >> >> And you have Ranch 99s up there too! >> >> At 02:38 AM 9/11/2005, Peter Klein wrote: >> >> >>> I decided to take my Zorki 4 out for a walk this weekend. Quirky, klunky >>> camera, kind of hard to focus when the diopter lever decides to move >>> itself when it feels like it. I struggled with it for a while, took a >>> bunch of pictures that I'm not very pleased with. >>> >>> But when I came upon this scene, mmmmm. A Summicron would have been >>> objectively "better," but there's something about the quality of the >>> 1930s >>> Sonnar design that suited the subject. >>> >>> http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/25RabbitsBoy4.jpg Silly Wabbit! Sticks are for kids! Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/