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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Skipper and Smiling Selfie
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 19:03:28 -0500
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Hi, Ric,

I just replaced the incandescent flood above my bathroom vanity with an 
LED replacement kit, as I did with some other recessed floods.  It is 
not quite as bright as the 150 flood, but the light seems more 
revealing.  I KNOW what aging means. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/8/2016 6:56 PM, RicCarter wrote:
> Don?t give up Jim!!!
>
> You?re on the leading edge of our generation which denies growing up!
>
> Stick with us, Bro!!!!
>
> ric
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Aug 8, 2016, at 7:40 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>>> I purposely added a little blurring to the selfie, which was shot at
>> f/1.4, to give me half a chance of a decent image.  The older I get, the
>> less photogenic I become.<
>>
>> Hey Jim, NO! NO! Don't think that way!  :-) Jeeeeeessssssssh! You'll scare
>> all the "elder Honeys off!"  :-)
>> Think positive and 22 years old! And what a smashing good lookin' lad you
>> were then! When you shoot that ? Elderly good lookin' guy in the mirror? 
>> The
>> 22 year old will smile back! Oh with a slight bit of elderly fine tuning,
>> :-) But pleasant "lines of slight aging!" See how easy that is?  ;-)
>> Now put that into what we do with wine?  We age it quite simply because it
>> increases in flavour!!! As one can have happen as we sort of think young,
>> but being elder gently!
>> SEE MY FRIEND? IT'S ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE AND AGING GRACFULLY WHILE THINKING
>> YOUNG AND THE ATTITUDE THAT GOES WITH THOSE THOUGHTS!
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted grant C.M.
>> :-)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
>> Behalf Of
>> Jim Nichols
>> Sent: August-08-16 3:59 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Skipper and Smiling Selfie
>>
>> Hi Douglas,
>>
>> Like many other European visitors this summer, the butterflies chose the
>> Western Hemisphere.
>>
>> I purposely added a little blurring to the selfie, which was shot at
>> f/1.4, to give me half a chance of a decent image.  The older I get, the
>> less photogenic I become.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 8/8/2016 5:07 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>> Jim you must have a lot of butterflies in that garden of yours. I
>>> haven't seen many here in the last week, but then again it's been
>>> windy so they may be grounded.
>>>
>>> On your selfie, it's lacking a tiny bit of sharpness, but it does
>>> capture a smile :-)
>>>
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols"
>>> <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>>> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera
>>> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 9:21 PM
>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Skipper and Smiling Selfie
>>>
>>>
>>>> While experimenting with a new lens adapter, I came across a Skipper
>>>> that was more colorful than the ones I usually see.  These are quite
>>>> tiny little creatures, with big eyes.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Colorful+Skipper.TIFF.html
>>>>
>>>> I am always told to smile for selfies, but seldom succeed. Here's a
>>>> smile.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Color+Selfie.TIFF.html
>>>>
>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
>>>>
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