Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm looking forward to them, although they'll be hard pressed to surpass the first one and your vivid description of its back story. Was it too dim to shoot color? ;-} --Bob ===On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com>wrote: > This was a sample garden from the Philadelphia Flower show, held at the PA > Convention Center downtown. If you can believe it from this particular > shot, the theme this year was the combination of great art and > garden/floral displays. At best, the show was a disappointment--as was the > $28 pre-registration charge. If you wanted to attend the live butterflies > event, where viewers were surrounded by butterflies flitting about, it was > another three dollars, so I demurred. (I told the ticket-taker that > Butterflies are Free--the reference eluded her.) I attended the show > mainly for people-watching and the chance to surround myself with flowers > during the snowstorms' interregnum. > > The past several years' Flower Show themes (and executions) have ranged > from lousy to horrendous--a great shame, considering the storied history > of this show. The PA Horticultural Society's Executive Director Drew > Becher has achieved the seemingly impossible: he conflated openly gay > leadership of a major cultural institution with poor taste. I wish they > would bring Jane Pepper, who led the PA Horticultural Society for a > quarter-century, back from retirement. > > More images to come. > > Best, > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Robert Baron > Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2014 2:15 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: Garden Garbage > > Whose garden? > > Another great shot from bizzare-o world. > > --Bob > > > ===On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Jim Shulman > <jshulman at judgecrater.com>wrote: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/garden+garbage+sm.jpg.html > > > > > > > > Leica M3, Summilux 50, Neopan 400 at 800. > > > > > > > > >