Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Alan, and with a bit of luck we'll get there again before my son returns home from his stagiaire in July. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:42 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >