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> On Aug 26, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > 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.
