Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You linked to the wrong week, but the puppy was not hard to find. Lovely! And good job getting some separation of the puppy from the snow. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Dec 23, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Mark Pope wrote: > Nyla (her name means 'cloud' in Gaelic) is our new nine-week-old Samoyed > puppy. We had a rather tiring 350-odd mile drive on Tuesday to pick her > up from the breeder in Northern England. > Thankfully, the weather wasn't too bad. We had tried to go last Saturday, > but the snow and ice meant discretion was the better part of valour and we > abandoned the journey after just ten miles. The roads were pretty dirty > and I wasn't expecting to use over a gallon of windscreen washer fluid. > > This was Nyla's first foray into the garden. I think using a DSLR was a > good decision! Cold hands and rangefinder focusing would have been an > interesting if fruitless combination in this situation! > > So without further ado...5D mk 2, 24-105mm lens. > > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week48-1.jpg > > > I hope you enjoy it and it may bring a smile to those of you who have > recently lost dogs. > > It's going to be an interesting Christmas in the Pope Household. They do > say that a dog isn't just for Christmas. With a bit of luck, there should > be leftovers for boxing day :-) > > I wish everyone on the LUG, PAW and CVUG groups a very happy Christmas and > a prosperous new year. > > Mark > > -- > > > > Mark Pope, > Swindon, Wilts > UK > > Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk > Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog > Picture a week (2010) > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010 > Picture a week (2009) > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009 > (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >