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Subject: [Leica] Don's PAW Back to basics, lighting the tree
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Dec 18 16:43:14 2005
References: <9b678e0512180653x4fcc8358gb37504501c076bb2@mail.gmail.com> <43A598E6.6090201@hemenway.com>

JIm,
Thanks for reinforcing my opinion that it was the best portrait if not the
best image.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 12/18/05, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Don:
>
> I like the third best, the light background doesn't bother me at all,
> and it's a rather nice pensive photo of your daughter.
>
> Jim
>
> Don Dory wrote:
>
> > Mary came home from school this week with three priorities.  First was
> to
> > finish a major paper for her final grade, second was to catch up on
> sleep,
> > and third was to get our Christmas tree up and decorated.  This weeks
> PAW is
> > really a family snapshot, but sometimes items of vast personal
> importance
> > can be trivial.  For example, the reed organ in the background was
> carried
> > by wagon from Connecticut to Nebraska in the 1860's and was restored by
> > SWMBO's Grandfather.  The candlesticks in the background were turned by
> my
> > father under duress from my mother who wanted two inch candles for a
> > Thanksgiving meal many years ago.  So, sometimes, trivial items of
> little
> > meaning to outsiders are very important.
> >
> > Anyway, first up:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/maryandthelights
> >
> > Second, getting busted is sometimes fun.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/maryglares
> >
> > Last,  my personal favorite although flawed as a photograph by an overly
> > bright background and a just missed focus.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/marysettinglights
> >
> > So, to all of my many friends at the LUG saloon, have a wonderful end of
> > year.  Spend time with your loved ones; reflect on those departed; do at
> > least one act of charity toward the undeserving; and keep pushing that
> > shutter, who knows what could happen.
> >
> > Don
> > don.dory@gmail.com
> >
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In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Don's PAW Back to basics, lighting the tree)
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