Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jaysus, Philippe, with my less than adroit paring'n'peeling, the thought of me having a viciously sharp Victorinox weapon in my clumsy hands makes me break out in a cold sweat. I'd drop a digit a day, and that's a tough, and very bloody, way to lose weight... Mind you I do have Victorinox steak knives and they are excellent. I used one yesterday, as my cat scored a significant victory over his house humans on the foraging front. On Saturday, I had cooked venison and served most of it up. Stupidly, I forgot to put the remainder into the microwave to both hide it from the cat, and to let it cool down naturally. Cats have noses, an intense sense of smell, and an equally intense curiosity. While we went into another room, she found it on the worktop, dragged it down to the floor, and set about it. Oh deer... My wife walked in, saw the mess and shouted "The cat's been sick!" and quickly withdrew. When I went in to the kitchen, I retorted that, if she had been sick, she not only threw up her entire stomach, but her back legs as well, explaining what had happened, and picking up the remnant. As Bambi's mother was lost to the representatives of humanity in the house, our feline benefitted as I carefully cut up the remnants into tiny pieces with the steak knife, put it in bags, and into the freezer for her in the future. She followed my movements closely, and, over the next while, I hope she'll make the next evolutionary leap for cathood with a new appreciation of the art of delayed gratification. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe" <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Utensils Reshoot -Douglas One way to go https://www.victorinox.com/uk/en/Products/Cutlery/Paring-Knives/c/CUT_ParingKnives Amities Philippe, potato-eater since birth Le 19 d?c. 2016 ? 12:19, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > Nice light and I see you're a baker too, Jim. Ever since I started to do > the cooking in the house, the paraphernalia has multiplied. It's like my > relinquished love for camera accessories: I just can't resist cooking > gadgets. > > Ah well, the search for that perfect potato peeler goes on and on.... > > 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: Sunday, December 18, 2016 7:41 PM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Utensils Reshoot > > >> One of our LUG followers said he liked this image, but the background >> detracted from the subject. So, I promised to do a second shoot. To >> eliminate the distractions, I chose the Leica Elmarit-R 90mm, shot wide >> open at f/2.8. This was shot from an old Star-D tripod using a cable >> release. Yes, the Fuji X-E1 has a screw-in cable release socket. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Utensils+Again.TIFF.html >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information