Bob W. My wife and daughter were in Paris this fall. And the Paresians were friendly! I have to complement them as the French have long had a snooty reputation over here. Perhaps it is gone! Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I've just spent a long weekend in Paris, and couldn't >> resist stealing from, >> > er, paying homage to, the master: >> > http://www.web-options.com/idlc.jpg >> > >> > More HCB-related stuff to follow, including a photo of his >> first Leica, and >> > one of his front door. >> > >> > Bob >> >> That's pretty damned close! Looks like even the mist/haze was >> co-operating. Very well done! >> >> Still, there's something about HCB's shot... >> >> ;-) >> > > I showed both pictures to some colleagues at work, who don't know HCB from > JCB, and they preferred mine! They said it was much clearer. They couldn't > understand why I prefer his. > > Interestingly I did not have a copy of HCB's picture with me when I took the > shot, so I was a bit lucky to be standing pretty much on exactly the right > spot, and getting the framing about right. > > It's a great credit to the people of France that they haven't ruined the > skyline of Paris, the way we have ruined the skyline of London. In fact > Paris seems to get more and more beautiful every time I go there, and the > people get more and more friendly. Perhaps it's because they can see me > walking around with an inane grin of pleasure on my face. I've also found > that people like to see a Leica, and seem to appreciate it more than people > in London - it puts a smile on their face. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
