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Subject: [Leica] Recent Lafitte Louisiana trip
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:10:45 +0200
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Yes, the gator shot is great.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote:

> Shrimping Boats and Gator are my favorites, very nice set Chris
> 
> Saludos
> Lluis
> 
> 
> El 12/07/2010, a las 4:26, Chris Williams escribi?:
> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Lafitte/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Chris Williams
>> www.zoeicaimages.net
>> www.rebirthworkshops.com
>> 504-231-6261
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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