Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don: Thanks for posting the shots... it's nice to see the faces of fellow Luggers. Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Don Dory wrote: > > Thanks to Mitch for organizing last weeks meeting and photo shoot at the > Garber facility. The first picture is primarily of Sal DiMarco but also > includes Steve and Mitch at breakfast. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1071760 > > The next image was taken while we were waiting for our docent to start the > tour. Notice that Steve L. has a newly acquired LTM. This is what his PAW > subjects see. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1072028 > > Next is a typical scene inside the facility. If you are an aircraft > aficionado you will go nuts. Literally everywhere you look there is some > piece of aviation history laying on the ground, hanging from the rafters, or > jammed willy-nilly all about. The main plane in the picture is an > experimental Nazi bomber from late in the war. Imagine an Allied heavy > bomber at 500mph with a very small radar signature. Officials at the Air > and Space Museum don't consider the progenitor of the B2 to be noteworthy > enough to keep in one piece. Now imagine hundreds of such firsts buried > away in a warehouse collecting dust. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1072226 > > On our way to lunch outside Union Station? I took some time to experiment > with the 15 Heliar. I love being at contact distance really but with an > image that looks like there was some separation. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1072230 > > The last image in this series is our calm lunch. I have to admit that the > DC crowd is not nearly so rowdy as other parts of the country. No Leica > stacking, no Goths, just a small victory over the security staff at the > airport when Sal showed us the teeny pen knife he keeps in his bag. The > Irish pub did do a good job with the Black and Tan. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1072449 > > When there is a notice on the LUG of a regional gathering I highly recommend > that you try to attend. This was my second and it was quite enjoyable to > put faces with names and to enjoy each others conversation. > > Thanks again to Mitch. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html