I saw on National T V that a boat taking part in the Tall Ship festival got slightly demasted (the top of one mast hit a bridge and several feet of mast were broken off). You didn't by chance catch that? Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 6:10 PM Subject: Quiet list - taking pictures!
> Yes, we are all out taking pictures! > > Tall Ships (Old sailing vessels) were in Chicago this week and I was photographing. > Thanks to advice from the list, I bought a 6x7 on Ebay. > I was in Downtown Chicago (about 25 miles) at dawn on Thursday, Sat. & Sun.. > I have the slides back from Thursday and Wow is all I can say. > More film back tonight or tomorrow... > > And if you want to look like a professional... > I was on the lower lever of the Michigan Avenue bridge over the Chicago river. It's a dark, grubby environment best characterized as the industrial innards of the city of Chicago. I had the 6x7 on a monopod and a PZ-1 with zoom over my shoulder. I was busy taking pictures of the Tall Ships moored along the Chicago river when I noticed an attractive blond woman out of the corner of my eye. I stopped and she pressed a business card into my hand saying 'I can always use great photos of my boats!'. She was the president of a tour boat company operating several river/lakefront cruises. Her boats were moored just below us. I was pleasantly suprised. > > Regards, Bob S. > >
