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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Gathering at Qarabagh, Afghanistan
From: gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 23:56:48 +0100
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This is the side of Afghanistan we never see normally, and you have captured 
it so well. I particularly like image #855. Thanks for posting, very 
interesting.

Gerry

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On 4 Jun 2011, at 20:42, Montie Talbert wrote:

> What a great experience, and very well captured too!
> 
> Montie
> 
>>> Last Thursday ....... Thursday and Friday being the weekend in  
> Afghanistan, I was invited to a country property in Qarabagh, a rural  
> area some 35 kilometers north of Kabul.  I was surrounded by people of  
> great character, who were brimming with hospitality and open  
> affection.  The main attraction was a professional group of musicians,  
> they played older songs that people sang and danced along with, they  
> also played a special song for me.  This is how Afghan men enjoy  
> themselves.
> 
> Hope you enjoy the journey, photographed in very difficult lighting  
> conditions, at the top of a four storey house, with windows on all  
> sides.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0790.jpg.html
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0793.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0835.jpg.html 
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0830.jpg.html
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0797.jpg.html
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0822.jpg.html
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0855.jpg.html
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0856.jpg.html
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0862.jpg.html
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> 
> Thank you for looking, any comments will be gratefully  
> received ....... Hugh
> 
> 
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