Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip
From: amr3 at uwmalumni.com (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 21:42:01 -0500

 On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 2:50 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I went to Belgium to visit my son who
> is working there. Since she was diagnosed with terminal cancer in August
> 2012, it was been very up and down, and, despite planning many trips,
> they've inevitably ended in cancellation just before the off. However, on
> this occasion, we made it, and despite having to change rooms three times
> due to issues in the Radisson Blu hotel in Brussels, enjoyed the break,
and
> got to see Brussels, Bruges, and Ghent.
>
> I was very glad that Geraldine got the break as treatment has been
> somewhat difficult, and, with many of her fellow patients succumbing to
the
> inevitable over the years, it has been hard both physically and
> emotionally. Even today I got a call to say that one of my school
> classmates died on Saturday from cancer. He and Geraldine were attending
> the same treatment sessions at Vincent's Hospital, so it was difficult.
>
> While Belgium definitely wasn't a photographic holiday as I had other
> priorities, I took my Fuji X100S and the inevitable iPhone in my pocket
> with me and took some snaps. Here's 60 of them, starting here
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Belgium+Apr16/B4.jpg.html
> and working to the right. Any with the label Fuji are taken with the X100S
> and the unmarked ones are iPhone 5S.
>
> Douglas
=======================================================================
Thanks for the glimpses of a place I've not been.  I'm glad the two of you
could make the trip.
-
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt


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