Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 18, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote: > Thanks very much for my first first place! As some background, the > candid photo of the girl at the pay-phone was taken in the very best > Leica tradition . . . with an Olympus C-8080! The live-view > articulated LCD gave me the option of using the camera like a twin > lens reflex, with the zoom lens extended to about a 90mm equivalent. > It was in fairly dark shade, but I was able to brace the camera > against my body for a very sharp photo at 1/15th second. By standing > with a group of people (that she was part of, too) and appearing to > be "fiddling" with the camera, the girl was not aware that I was > taking the photo. > > I have not been posting to my "Lympa Log" much lately, nor much to > the LUG for that matter. However, LUGgers can follow my passion for > the creative Olympus E-330 dual-capability of optical viewfinder and > flip LCD finder at: > http://www.northcoastphotos.com/Lympa.htm > > My main concentration these days is preparing for a two-month trip > to Swaziland, Africa to document the town of Bulembu, which is > serving the abandoned and orphaned children in a country with the > highest AIDS/HIV infection rate in the world. > http://overseasresourcelink.org/who_we_are.html > http://bulembu.org/ have a good trip Gary...the experience should be amazing and devastating...remember that infants of HIV infected parents, even if they are so fortunate to be HIV uninfected, usually wind up being early orphans, especially in that part of the world... I have worked in a child HIV clinic for many years, you have likely seen a few of my photos, bon voyage, Steve > > > I will be taking my two E-330's kit, along with the adapted Leica-R > lenses described in the Lympa Log. > > Gary Todoroff > Tree LUGger > > >> Congrats to the winners, and to all the contestants. >> >> Special thanks to Brian for finding the time and energy to finalize >> judgement. >> (I sincerely hope everything is OK at your place. >> Keep us tuned on this, and on the next contest if you can). >> Amiti?s. >> Phx >> . >> >> >> Brian Reid wrote: >> >>> I'm sorry this is so late. It's been a bad month for having spare >>> time. >>> >>> The results are up: http://contest.leica-users.org/main.php/v/0808/ >>> >>> First prize: Gary Todoroff >>> Second prize: Steve Barbour >>> Third prize: George Lottermoser >>> Honourable mention: Howard Cummer >>> Honorable mentions: Victor Rafael Gonzalez, Sonny Carter >>> >>> T > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information