Fantastic shot! One of your best. Happy birthday! Sounds like had a great day, and I'm glad to hear you're making progress.
B > On 26 Aug 2016, at 16:18, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday, I went to San Francisco for a visit to the re-imagined SF > Museum Of Modern Art. > > https://flic.kr/p/KBdL7d > > It's very hard to believe that I had not been to SF for a walk or to any > museums there for almost two years. It's only 45 minutes away. Just a short > few years back, I was in that neighborhood once or twice a week, visiting > galleries and museums, shooting photos on the street ... Sigh. Work and my > physical state these past five years made it too much of a challenge to try. > > Work is no longer an issue, and my legs are finally getting back to the point > where I can push them harder than the Saturday Morning Walk requires. Today > is my birthday. So my birthday present to myself was to meet up with a > photographer friend at SF MOMA on Wednesday, see the new building and some of > the exhibits, have a nice lunch, do some photography, and visit the Leica > Store nearby. > > SF MOMA's new building is ... I can't find the right adjective. Hugely > expanded, vast amounts of new works, glorious architecture; it's an amazing > pleasure to be there. Linda only made it through the top floor, I made it > through part of the sixth floor as well in the time we had. It will take > several visits to take it all in. Outstanding: it alone was was worth the > trek. > > Buena Vista Park and the museum itself afforded the usual rich set of street > subject matter. I carried the Leica M-D fitted with 'Lux 35mm v2 lens, and > had the WATE in the bag. Didn't switch from the 35mm. I didn't shoot too many > frames but am happy with the results I obtained. > > We left the museum, stopped at a favorite spot a block or two away for lunch, > and then walked up to the Leica Store. I've been meaning to visit Leica Store > SF for ages, it was great to finally get there. An exhibition of Danny Lyons > photos is on display. It struck me: what other camera shop can I walk into > and spend an hour or more enjoying a beautifully curated, superbly presented > photographic exhibit for an hour or more without intruding sales personnel > getting in the way? Outstanding work ... and the sales person did stop over > to say hello, welcome us to the store, and see if we needed any help. It was > great. > > The Leica Store visit consumed the remainder of the time in the day, and it > was time to head home. All in all, an excellent day out. The museum visit was > fantastic as was the visit to the Store. Being in the city with a friend to > do, to see, to chat about photography, equipment, and art ... This is what > gives life fullness and meaning. More, please. > > Thank you all for being there with me, in spirit. :-) > > G > — > The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
