Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The trio that constitutes the portraits of Eli are my favourites. She really is quite photogenic. I love cask strength whiskies, so what is the name of the Danish one that leads to that wonderful reaction captured in 47_21. Just opened a bottle of a strong (50% ABV, i.e.100 proof), though not cask strength, Islay malt, Port Charlotte 10 yo, which is the peated expression from Bruichladdich Distillery. Excellent stuff at a reasonable price. Pernod Ricard are to be commended that they are not falling prey to the price inflation (at l;east for now) that the bean counters of conglomerates are inflicting on standard brands like Ardbeg, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Highland Park and, most of all, Macallan ( a bottle of Macallan 18yo sherry cask which I used to purchase for GBP85 a decade ago costs around GBP400 today quite Leicaesque!) - just because they are popular, and, unfortunately, this increase in prices is accompanied by a distinct fall in quality in most cases. Laphroaig 10 yo, for example, has become an unrecognisable tamed beast, and quite undrinkable at 40% ABV today! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 11:34?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > The main event during the last week of November was Thanksgiving. As we do > every year, we invited about 15 of our local friends for a Thanksgiving > dinner. They find the traditional dishes very exotic, and of course the > turkey is the main attraction, along with the various side dishes and pecan > pie (I dislike pumpkin, so the pumpkins are just for decoration, not human > consumption)?and of course copious amounts of wine. It all started a week > earlier, when my wife set up the large table in our covered front terrace > and the work continued during the week with shopping, preparation of what > could be made in advance, etc. We had the dinner on Thursday night, not the > most convenient day given that it is just a normal working day, as is the > following day. But my wife wants it to be as close to a US Thanksgiving as > possible, so it is done on the day. > > Besides Thanksgiving, I also tested another film in the Adox HR developer > that I am considering making my standard developer for all films. This week > it was Fuji Acros, in my Leica M2, using my lovely colleague Eri and the > new crop of trainees as my test subjects. I continue to find that people > really relate to these B&W portraits of them shot using a camera and lens > that were both produced by the craftsmen (and women) of Wetzlar before any > of them were born. > > Finally, there is also an evening walk in Alicante to look at the lights > of the season. > > It?s all here: > > https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4171 > > And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information