[Leica] IMG: A few from New England

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Very nice collection, Peter.  Thanks for sharing them with us.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com>
To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:44 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: A few from New England


> I'm just back from a week-long trip. I went first to New England for a 
> high school reunion and side visits with old friends. Later it was on to 
> Austin, Texas for Passover with family transplanted there from New York. 
> I used my "good enough" camera, the Panny G1 with 20/1.7 lens and kit 
> zoom.  From the first part of the trip, here are a few of the more 
> "ahtistic"* shots.
> (*Note that aftah a few days around Bahston, you staht tahkin' like this)
>
> Quintessential New England (Norwich, VT, just across the Connecticut River 
> from Dartmouth College):
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060123.jpg.html>
>
> Spring runoff at an old mill, now a restaurant
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060127.jpg.html>
>
> Covered bridge (and no, I'm not!)
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060131.jpg.html>
>
> Yummy!
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060134.jpg.html>
>
> Concord, MA:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060165.jpg.html>
>
> I'd never seen a tombstone made out of rose quartz before (Wakefield, MA):
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060179.jpg.html>
>
> A seriously impressive teak view camera belonging to my friend Doug. He 
> coats his own glass plates, just like they did back in the late 1800s. 
> The camera came from India.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060182.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060183.jpg.html>
>
> The perfect book pairing:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060184.jpg.html>
>
> A couple of old friends reminiscing (Lexington, MA):
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060190.jpg.html>
>
> Me with feet firmly planted on New England granite (Breakheart Reserve, 
> Wakefield, MA)
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060215.jpg.html>
>
> My old friend Alison, hiking...
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060219.jpg.html>
> ...and Skyping with her son in London. The first time I've taken a 
> portrait where the subjects were 3000 miles apart.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/friends/boston2011/P1060227_Corr.JPG.html>
>
> Enjoy!
> --Peter
>
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