Hi Douglas, Thanks for sharing your icy adventure along the canal; I like this shot the best as it captures the essence of the season and the photographic composition plus technical qualities are A+ as well! http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0587_2_Dec2009.jpg.html Keep warm and enjoy your coffee! Eric > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:27:56 +0100 > From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] IMG: a dreary winter's day by the canal > > Hi all, > A very soggy, slushy and monochrome day today, lots of snow overnight > and now its drizzly and thawing. > > Our son (21) just buggered off with the car without asking - so guess > who had to walk along the canal bank to the local supermarket to get > some coffee! > > As if the weather wasn't depressing enough. > > If he wasn't over 6ft tall and didn't spend half his time pumping iron, > I'd probably beat the living daylights out of him when he gets back ;-) > > Anyway, I took a camera along, there weren't any colours to speak of, so > here are some equally dreary B&W shots. > > A nice place to sit - in summer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0566_Dec2009.jpg.html > > German signposts just make my day - everything's forbidden - and if you > slip and fall, it's your own fault > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0571_Dec2009.jpg.html > > The supermarket is at the other end of this bridge - and then some > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0572_Dec2009.jpg.html > > Barges on their way to Rotterdam > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0572_Dec2009.jpg.html > > I actually rather like the bow-wave on this one - shot from the bridge > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0577_2_Dec2009.jpg.html > > Same again - with a quartet of ducks > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0577_Dec2009.jpg.html > > And again - with 4 different ducks > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0578_Dec2009.jpg.html > > The 4 ducks again - swimming in a different formation > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0579_Dec2009.jpg.html > > Nearly home - a barge passing the back of our house > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0583_Dec2009.jpg.html > > Some berries - thawing quickly > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0587_2_Dec2009.jpg.html > > Hope the sun is shining wherever you are > Douglas > > ------------------------------ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/