Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're a wonderful writer. Great photos too. Thanks. Vince On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > John, > > Great story and great photos. Thanks for sharing your weekend with us. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Edwin Mason" <profmason at > yahoo.com > > > To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:36 PM > Subject: [Leica] Was What's in Your Camera Bag,Now OT Maxton Mile Land > Speed Race > > > > Charlotte Geary's bags (packed and unpacked) and see just how she >>> manages to cart a Whole Lotta Stuff around. If you're interested, >>> you can check it out here: >>> http://community.livejournal.com/photographers/16546343.html >>> >> >> Makes you appreciate the Leica aesthetic -- the M aesthetic, that is. >> >> Spoken by someone whose editors do not appreciate that aesthetic, who >> therefore spent the weekend humping two DSLRs, various lenses -- from very >> short to very long -- plus flashes, batteries, cards, cables, etc., at not >> one but two different races last weekend, and who is now very tired. >> >> Fortunately, one of the races, the Maxton Mile land speed race, more than >> worth it. A real hoot. >> >> Where else are you going to find a '51 Crosley Super Sport (looks like a >> Bugeye Sprite, only smaller), a '73 Citroen SM (on nitrous), a vintage >> sprint car, a supercharged land speed roadster, an ex-Nascar Chevy, a >> street-legal '94 Mitsubishi Evo II that runs 237.63 in the standing mile, >> and a '72 Cadillac Eldorado (that doesn't run even half of 237.63) all on >> the same track? >> >> See 'em here: >> >> http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/jem_racing_photography/ >> >> --John >> >> ****************************** >> John Edwin Mason, Photography: >> http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com >> Charlottesville and Cape Town >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >