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Subject: [Leica] Times Square and "The Kiss"
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:06:30 -0500
References: <63EE63D4-0D50-4574-AA74-B883080BBB09@comcast.net> <92D0CECB-755C-42EF-916E-71F7FEB67506@frozenlight.eu> <AD72C9AC-3ACB-4291-B8D7-47B16AF764F0@comcast.net> <01e201cb3edd$92fb7a40$b8f26ec0$@net> <4840C2A0-297D-4771-AE07-36BDB12E3B93@comcast.net>

luck comes to those
who know where to be
and when to be there
(even if it means camping out)

This was bound to happen
and Jim has a sixth sense
for knowing such times and places.

;~)

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:

> Aw, jeez...  what luck!   
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Dick
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Jim Shulman wrote:
> 
>> Nope, he was doin' what came naturally.
>> 
>> J
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Richard
>> Taylor
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:53 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Times Square and "The Kiss"
>> 
>> I waited for a bit to see what people were doing but, other than the gal
>> hugging the leg, there was little action.  Most people were just 
>> goggle-eyed
>> at the giants at snapping away.  
>> 
>> Now, fess-up Jim, you asked that guy to look up "her" skirt, right?  :-)  
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> 
>>> I see you walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, as I did back in May--nice! 
>>> I
>> like the big statue, but it would have been even nicer if you had caught 
>> any
>> couples replicating the kiss :-)
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>> 
>>> YNWA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 16, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Time Square was mobbed last Saturday afternoon and I'll bet a thousand
>> other people took exactly this picture. 
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010515.jpg.html
>>>> or
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/2cx8pfs
>>>> 
>>>> Eisenstadt's iconic photograph of "The Kiss" taken in Times Square at 
>>>> the
>> end of WW2 is getting alot of attention this year.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/from-photos-periphery-an-eyewit
>> ness-to-a-timeless-kiss/?scp=1&sq=eisenstadt&st=cse
>>>> or
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/268kgrb
>>>> 
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-J_day_in_Times_Square
>>>> 
>>>> And this tall replica of the event got alot of attention last Saturday,
>> 65 years to the day from when it was taken. .  
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010606.jpg.html
>>>> or
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/23xjj87
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010618.jpg.html
>>>> or
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/239584r
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/NYC/P1010619.jpg.html
>>>> or
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/242f9qw
>>>> 
>>>> GF-1 20mm f1.7 ISO 400.
>>>> 
>>>> C&C always welcome. 
>>>> 
>>>> Regards, 
>>>> 
>>>> Dick
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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