[Leica] A visit with Dr. Ted

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Thanks for the pictorial update, Peter. We will miss Ted at the Catalan LUG 
next month. We shall pass around the porr? in his honour.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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On Aug 25, 2013, at 3:59 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> On our recent trip to Vancouver Island, we made a stop in Victoria for a 
> wonderful visit with our own Ted Grant.  Katya had never met him before, 
> so she got to hear some of the classic Ted stories for the first time.  Of 
> course, I couldn't resist documenting the occasion, though I did resist 
> climbing all over the furniture to get better angles.   :-)
> 
> Here's the entire set:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/DrTed0813/>
> 
> My favorites are 0014, 0024 and 0029.  0024 shows Ted describing the 
> aftermath of his almost being left on the ice by a Canadian icebreaker 
> ("and the Captain was *this* far from my face...") 0029 is in Ted's old 
> darkroom, describing his flight in a P-51 Mustang (his photo of that event 
> is on the wall behind him).
> 
> The first one is "the one that got away."  When we pulled up in Ted's 
> driveway, there was a deer in his front yard with half the antlers on one 
> side missing. After saying hello to Ted, I grabbed my camera, framed Mr. 
> Lopsided Deer, and he bolted.  All I got was his south end beating a hasty 
> retreat.
> 
> Olympus OM-D E-M5, but Leica had something to do with the 25/1.4 and maybe 
> the 20/1.7 used.
> 
> Enjoy!
> --Peter
> 
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