[Leica] A visit with Dr. Ted

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That workshop is coming up again October 3rd!  All welcome.

Tia


On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 9:08 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Nice set Peter.  We got to meet Dr. Ted last year at the Vision Quest
> Workshop, A great experience.  Good to see he is doing well.
>
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com>
> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>, leicareflex at freelists.org
> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:59:58 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Leica] A visit with Dr. Ted
>
> On our recent trip to Vancouver Island, we made a stop in Victoria for a
> wonderful visit with our own Ted Grant.  Katya had never met him before,
> so she got to hear some of the classic Ted stories for the first time.
> Of course, I couldn't resist documenting the occasion, though I did
> resist climbing all over the furniture to get better angles.   :-)
>
> Here's the entire set:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/DrTed0813/>
>
> My favorites are 0014, 0024 and 0029.  0024 shows Ted describing the
> aftermath of his almost being left on the ice by a Canadian icebreaker
> ("and the Captain was *this* far from my face...") 0029 is in Ted's old
> darkroom, describing his flight in a P-51 Mustang (his photo of that
> event is on the wall behind him).
>
> The first one is "the one that got away."  When we pulled up in Ted's
> driveway, there was a deer in his front yard with half the antlers on
> one side missing. After saying hello to Ted, I grabbed my camera, framed
> Mr. Lopsided Deer, and he bolted.  All I got was his south end beating a
> hasty retreat.
>
> Olympus OM-D E-M5, but Leica had something to do with the 25/1.4 and
> maybe the 20/1.7 used.
>
> Enjoy!
> --Peter
>
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