Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McLeod" <johnmcleod@att.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 40 - Oktoberfest Very nice work, Nathan. I really appreciate that you shared so many of the pictures, it gives us a feeling of being there . . . so much so that I brought out my Stein with the checkered Bavarian flag on it, and poured one up! Hope you had a great time, and it was all you had hoped. Looks like you did! Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com > > Last week I realized one of my life's long-standing ambitions, to visit > > Oktoberfest in Munich and drink the golden brew from 1-liter mugs. My > > business associates in Munich told me that this year's event is > > suffering greatly due to lack of visitors, but I found the place pretty > > crowded nonetheless. It is true, however, that the events of September > > 11 had an impact on Oktoberfest; for a while it was in doubt whether it > > would even go ahead, but in the end it was decided to proceed with the > > main event while skipping many of the traditional ancillary activities > > (e.g. beauty contests etc.). So, here is a selection of my photographs > > from last Monday night. All taken with the Leica M6 and 35mm or 50mm > > Summilux lenses; the color pictures on Fuji Provia 400F and the black & > > white ones on Ilford Delta 400. > > > > Main picture shows a couple of happy guys in a beer hall: > > http://www.wajsman.com/40.jpg > > > > And the alternate pictures depict various scenes, as follows: > > > > Alternate 1: People sang... > > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt1.jpg > > Alternate 2: and danced. > > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt2.jpg > > Alternate 3: They were friendly... > > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt3.jpg > > Alternate 4: Very friendly! > > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt4.jpg > > Alternate 5: But behind the scenes people worked hard... > > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt5.jpg > > Alternate 6: especially the waitresses, one of whom takes a > > deserved break... > > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt6.jpg > > Alternate 7: and the cooks... > > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt7.jpg > > Alternate 8: and even the musicians. > > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt8.jpg > > > > The main index is at: > > > > http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > and comments are welcome and appreciated as always. > > > > Nathan > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/ > > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html