Mike,
Glad you made it home safely. I enjoyed dinner and tromping around downtown
Indy.
Mike found a very unique and colorful one-of-a-kind grill for dinner. Much
different from the typical "franchise" restaurant. Home-cooked food in a
down-to-earth atmosphere. The lady in the hat (the owner ??) was something
to behold. I remain amazed about the drive-in theater we passed after
dinner too; still in operation showing movies!
Mike had his backpack with OM's and a tripod. I had my smaller shoulder
bag with OM's, another with the M645 and a tripod. Decided to give the
M645 and the Sekor 50/4 shift lens a workout while Mike borrowed the 35/2.8
Zuiko Shift. It was a real pleasure spending an evening with another
Zuiko- ummmm -hobbiest and my privelege to share the shift lens with
another serious shooter.
:-)
About the "construction zone(s)" . . .
This took me by surprise, especially the magnitude of the fencing and how
it was erected. Found out what it was last night while watching the
news. Saturday there was a massive cancer charity fund-raising run/walk
with tens of thousands of participants. The course spanned both areas we
were in. Although a portion of the fencing surrounded the construction at
the museum itself, most of it was set up to block off the course from
traffic and channel the sea of humanity. With the number of people and
magnitude of the event, there's little doubt they started erecting it a
number of days beforehand. All the fencing down the bridge, around the
pumphouse, blocking the fountain steps and down the street to the capitol
building made sense when news footage was shown. A week earlier or a week
later and most of it, except directly around the new state museum, would
not have been there. Still mystified why much of the lighting that
illuminates the large downtown monuments and other government structures
was turned off. :-(
Mike is a very interesting guy! I've got a few places in mind for your
on-going tavern/grill project if you get back up around here. ;-) The
Pumpkin Vine Room, Bert and John's, and a couple others come to mind. Much
more interesting than the giant sycamore tree stump and enormous stuffed
bull they have in the park.
Thanks for a very enjoyable evening even if we burned more shoe leather
than film. After becoming accustomed to doing all the "serious" shoots
solo, it was great to work with someone else who also hauls around a tripod
slung over their shoulder.
-- John
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