Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jean-Michel, I think it is NZ has a relationship with rugby and the ABs are the pinnacle. If you go to any rugby match there are all ages of men and women going to it, quite common to get groups of school girls there as well as middle aged men. john -----Original Message----- Well, I'm interested! Thank you for the pictures, they provide a rare and close insight into the very special relation there is between the ABs and the people of NZ. But if you ask me how I feel about it ... I'd say I'd have prefered to see the cup held by ... you know who!Congratulations, the ABs are - have always been - wonderful rugby players!Jean-Michel> From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz > To: lug at leica-users.org > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:40:12 +1300 > Subject: [Leica] (IMG) Rugby World Cup parade > > I realise that much of the world is not interested, but for near neighbours > and a country in mainland Europe...... > > Wellington was the third victory parade in three days (after Auckland and > Christchurch) and easily the worst weather. Driving rain meant that I did > not hold the camera up much to keep water off the filter (camera got fairly > wet), also it was rather dark! I took an outdoor shot at midday, 1/125th > f2.0 at 320asa while same time the following day was 1/4000th f2.0 at > 160asa! Not the best of photos but quite an event, not many teams get the > support of so many people as the Abs in NZ do. > > http://johnmcmaster.com/images/RWC2011/index.html > > John - M9, 35mm Summilux asph FLE apart from T-Shirt which was 50 Summilux > pre-asph >