Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/22

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Subject: [Leica] Meet Nathan Espy
From: jon.stanton at comcast.net (jon.stanton@comcast.net)
Date: Mon May 22 10:37:25 2006

There was an Espy that once played for the San Jose Giants (same Class A 
League)


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com>
> Nathan Espy is a hitter. He plays first base and designated hitter for
> the Sacramento River Cats. He's hitting right around .400 with a
> substantial number of at bats which means, if you don't follow
> baseball, that's he Damn Good.
> 
> He also has a face that's right out of baseball's historic past:
> 
> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/NathanEspy.jpg>
> 
> I missed the focus just a tad on this one - the next one I got but by
> that time he had reacted to being photographed so despite the soft
> eyes I choose this image as the keeper.
> 
> Comments/criticisms welcome.
> 
> Shot on a milky day with a Canon 1Ds Mk II, 70-200 f2.8L zoom. I
> needed more reach than any Leica lens I own would give me (the 560 is
> a bit of overkill for this kind of work).
> 
> Thanks for looking.
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
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