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Subject: [Leica] Two 11x14s from May
From: jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:50:23 -0400
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Hi Jeff:

I understand... I had an enormous lot of fun sailing a tiny dingy at 
Wessagusset in Weymouth, MA 60 or so years ago.

Jim


On 10/2/12 9:25 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> Some of my life's fondest memories are futzing with a 21-foot sailboat. At 
> my wife's urging, I gave it to a colleague who completely restored her.
>
> If I ever win a lottery, first on my list is buying another sailboat. The 
> freedom it gives one is similar to the day I disposed of my cell phone.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> Jeffery L. Smith
> New Orleans, Louisiana
> USA
>
> On Oct 2, 2012, at 20:16, "Jim Nichols"<jhnichols at lighttube.net>  wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> VERY nice color.  That looks like real bootstrapping, using a taller mast 
>> to lift their mast.  I guess the tallest ship has to go out and rent a 
>> crane.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hemenway"<jim at hemenway.com>
>> To: "LUG"<lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:58 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] Two 11x14s from May
>>
>>
>>> I shot these in May when out looking for things to photograph with my 
>>> 11x14... I'm nowhere near catching up on a years worth of scanning.
>>>
>>> Two men were stepping the masts for the sailboat that they had just put 
>>> in the water, so I couldn't resist using up some of my depleting 
>>> Ektachrome.
>>>
>>> http://www.half-fast.com/05202010-Essex-A.jpg
>>> http://www.half-fast.com/05202012-Essex-B.jpg
>>>
>>> I've made them large, you should be able make them bigger by double 
>>> clicking your cursor on each image.
>>>
>>> I have about 70 sheets of film left and am trying to shoot as many 
>>> photos as I can because the only lab near me is doing very little E-6 
>>> processing now and has plans to convert their big dip n dunk system to, 
>>> 'GASP' black and white sometime in the next four months... oh the 
>>> humanity!
>>>
>>> Jim, "Still crazy" Hemenway
>>>
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