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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 38: Commuting pictures
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Sun Oct 2 17:06:48 2005
References: <433F9C22.7070805@planet.nl>

Nathan:

A nice bunch of photos.  I like the main the most as it's my kinda 
picture... but Alt 4 is also a great shot.

Jim

Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I have a long commute to work, about 120 km, so most days I stop on the 
> way, either to buy gas, take a leak, buy a drink, or just to explore the 
> scenery along the way, particularly if the light looks interesting. Last 
>  week's PAWs are a product of such stops, near the river Waal between 
> Utrecht and Den Bosch. Especially at this time of year, in the morning 
> you often have a combination of fog and the rising sun that can make for 
> interesting images, and both in the morning you have clouds and rain--no 
> shortage of that here in the Netherlands!
> 
> The first two were taken right by the river in the morning. For those 
> familiar with Dutch geography, the location is off exit 17 on the A2 
> motorway:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_38.jpg
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_38alt1.jpg
> 
> The next two were taken not far from there, but in late afternoon, on my 
> way home. A shepherd tends to his flock:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_38alt2.jpg
> and a bit later, a rainbow touches down on a farm:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_38alt3.jpg
> 
> Enough for this pastoral stuff. The final two images are a portrait and 
> a funny image (I hope). First, the portrait, of the sons of one of my 
> friends in Belgium (incidentally, taken at close distance with the 50mm 
> Summilux R):
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_38alt4.jpg
> 
> And then the funny one. Many Oriental restaurants have a fishbowl; and 
> most Japanese restaurants have a sushi chart on the wall. But I have 
> never seen such a juxtaposition of these two items, as spotted here in a 
> Japanese restaurant in Hilversum. I wonder what the fish think...
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_38alt5.jpg
> 
> The complete PAW index is at:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2005.html
> and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated.
> 
> Nathan


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