Re: [Leica] Tina, Bill & A Panther's Game

[Gabe <egabe@ix.netcom.com>]

Great story.  It's nice to see LUGers hanging out together.  Sounds like
a fun time.  Where can I see some of the football shots that you took
with the Leica.  Would love to see them.

Harrison McClary wrote:

> I wanted to relate my past weekend with them members of the LUG.
>
> I covered the Packers/Panthers football game in Charlotte this past
> weekend.  Before going I wrote to Bill Welch and asked if he was going
> to
> be in Charlotte on this weekend, since he is from NC and one of his
> first
> jobs was with AP Charlotte.  He was going to be in town and I also
> contacted Tina Manley and we all met on Saturday night.
>
> Bill and Tina are both wonderful people and I must say this was one of
>
> the most pleasurable road trips I have been on in a long while.  We
> all
> sat in Tina's favorite restaurant, and it was outstanding, until 11 pm
> or
> so.  Tina brought her noctilux and Bill and I ohhed and ahhed over it,
>
> what an impressive piece of glass!! Mid range on the aperture is
> 2.8!!!!
> We had a great dinner and traded stories. The globe trotting Tina has
> many great stories and her compassion that is evident in her photos is
>
> even more obvious when you meet her in person.
>
> On Sunday Bill and I rode around Charlotte and looked at all of the
> new
> buildings then headed to the game.  Bill took his M6 in and a friend
> of
> mine said he was glad there was a "real photographer" at the game when
> he
> saw Bill's M6.  Another photographer came over and looked at my R8 and
> R6
> (I must admit I did not even shoot one frame with the R8, no motor is
> a
> BIG draw back for NFL coverage) and we talked about the metering on
> the
> R8 and the quality of the Leica glass.  The game was COLD.  I am a
> true
> southern boy and anything below 50 is H*** and it was around 39 at
> game
> time and dropped from there.  I know all you Yankees are going to say
> that is summer weather, but you can keep that cold junk, I want none
> of
> it!!  The game was a total blow out with the final score being 31-10,
> really hard for me to do my job as I shoot for a Panthers Fan Club
> magazine and you don't want to show to many shots of the QB getting
> sacked :(
>
> All in all it was a great weekend and I enjoyed meeting 2 more members
> of
> our community face to face.  Sorry the rest of you missed out on our
> mini
> LUG meet in Charlotte.
>
> Harrison McClary
> http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto