Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Graham - Can't really add much to what's been said except that I agree the second in not only the better of the two but an absolutely wonderful portrait to boot. But you've heard that before, haven't you. I also think showing him in what looks like might be a bunker enhances his story. Terrific! >I met this guy in a hide at a local wildlife sanctuary and was in awe at >what he had seen and done and the matter of fact way that he told me. >George Hooton served aboard HMS Savage and two of the four torpedoes that >were fired from her hit the Scharnhorst. When the Scharnhorst sank all but >36 of her crew of 2000 went down with her. > >George told me about life on board. Four hours on four hours off, foul >weather, freezing temperatures, sleeping in wet clothes. He is eighty years >old, sharp as a tack and I could bankrupt the English language and still not >do justice to how much we owe him and his generation. He is a real life hero >and meeting him was a privilege. > > >Olympus OM2 SP : Zuiko 35mm f2 : Ilford HP5 @400 > >http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06060.htm > >http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06061.htm > > >--Graham >http://www.geebeephoto.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA