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Subject: [Leica] Recent Lafitte Louisiana trip
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:42:26 -0500
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Nice images.  Its easy to see how gators lay in wait, showing only their 
eyes and nose.  Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Williams" <zoeica at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 9:26 PM
Subject: [Leica] Recent Lafitte Louisiana trip


> Couple of weeks ago when Philip Forrest was in NOLA, we drove down to 
> Lafitte,LA to see if we could capture an of the oil effects on the 
> shrimping industry. Philip had already been to Grand Isle, and I had 
> heard BP was setting up "Community Centers" in Lafitte since oil had  been 
> reported now in Barataria Bay. Lafitte is the last town before  you reach 
> the bay, and one of the largest Shrimping boat towns in  Louisiana. No one 
> was really around, most likely either due to the  heat or some folks may 
> have been working at the spill site but we  still drove around and 
> captured a few images. Brand new oil booms sat  at the end of Lafitte next 
> to Tidewater Marine, a huge world wide  company that supplies oil 
> companies with shipping,personnel,and other  marine functions. they have 
> an office in NOLA as well. One boat did  have fresh oil residue on it. 
> Afterwards we spent some sweating time  in Jean Lafitte National Park 
> being eaten by bugs and looking for  gators. This is the same notorious 
> park that Kyle Cassidy was  violently kicked out of during his last NOLA 
> trip. Seems park rangers  don't take kindly to white dresses and long 
> haired hippies in swamps  pretending they are not professional 
> photographers.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Lafitte/
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> Chris Williams
> www.zoeicaimages.net
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> 504-231-6261
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