Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Spencer, Thanks, but I was already there by the time you posted. The next day the weather was glorious, but we were indoors in meetings all day! :-( The next day we were off-road at Papineau. This was high quality driving on the estate (65,000 acres) owned by Chateau Montebello, but as I feared, they did not have an instructor for every vehicle, even though there is a Land Rover Experience Driving School at the Chateau. This meant that they put me to work keeping the inexperienced "out of the trees! :-) The light was very low and it was cloudy, but I managed to grab a few shots on Supra 400 with the MP & 35/f2 ASPH as I was directing vehicles over obstacles. I'll post a few if any are decent. We had lunch beside a lake later and the sun came out briefly, but the color was not quite peak. In fact, it is better here today in Western NJ where there is nothing like as interesting to photograph. As for Ottawa, the U.S.A. screening is polite but more intense than Newark. (They were pretty interested in my toilet articles and had never seen a can of air before! :-) As for the film, they were pretty savvy and just swabbed the bag, and my camera bag without even opening it. Wish a few more airports were equally savvy. Regards, William At 08:03 PM 10/12/2004 -0400, you wrote: >This week is the peak period for fall leaf colours in Ottawa so skip the >hot air and head for the hills, Gatineau Hills that is. :) > >Airport security in Ottawa is fairly reasonable. For USA departures, you >may have to take off your shoes as there is a separate clearance area for >the USA. > >Regards >Spencer > >On Oct 7, 2004, at 21:06, GREG LORENZO wrote: > >>William G. Lamb, III >>> >>>Have to fly in and out of Ottawa next week. Don't ask! Anyone have any >>>idea what I can expect there? >>If you mean airport security, you'll find the vast majority of people you >>deal with to be quite friendly and reasonably efficient. You will have no >>problem having all film hand checked on request. If so, ask to speak to a >>supervisor. >> >>If you mean the city in general: You find it full of overfed politicians >>snuffling at the local trough(s)! Much like Washington DC.