Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They were headed for Europe. Tina On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 1:16 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Sorry to sound cynical, but they remind me of the professional gypsy > beggars we have here in Spain. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 20 Jun 2016, at 23:54, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > PESO: > > > > Here is a little story. You'll have to tell me if it works. After we > left > > the tomb of Cyrus the Great, we stopped for gas in the middle of the > > desert. Sitting on the side of the highway by the gas station was a > woman > > with two children. They were begging for help. Hossein took them a bag > a > > fruit and talked with them awhile. He found out that they are refugees > who > > had walked all the way from Pakistan (a long way!) The older boy has a > > deformed foot. The mother said they have a tent set up off the highway. > > Hossein asked the older boy if he would rather have the fruit or money. > > The boy said money but Hossein ended up giving them all of the fruit and > > some money, too. I think they were a little happier when we left. > > > > It was about noon and the sun was extremely harsh and bright with very > > black shadows. I wasn't sure any of the photos would come out. > > > > > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000HPnZTKWveME > > > > Hit next 12 times. Click on Less Info for a slightly larger photo. > > > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > -- > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html