Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Were you able to get shots like this Tina or were you excluded from the premises? Mark -------------------- Mark William Rabiner > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:03:45 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Gathering at Qarabagh, Afghanistan > > Wonderful photos that depict the culture of the men of Afghanistan, much > like I remember Iran, Jordan and Iraq. I assume the women are in the > kitchen cooking and cleaning. > > Tina > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com> > wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0793.jpg.html >>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0835.jpg.html >>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0830.jpg.html >>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0797.jpg.html >>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0822.jpg.html >>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0855.jpg.html >>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0856.jpg.html >>> >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0862.jpg.html >>> >> >> Thank you for looking, any comments will be gratefully received ....... >> Hugh >> >> >> "Pakistan, Afghanistan & South Asia" >> >> hewthompson at mac.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information