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Re: [OM] Paul's PAW - Finally! About time, slacker...

Subject: Re: [OM] Paul's PAW - Finally! About time, slacker...
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:40:00 -0600
Outside - as far as you know...


Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie

"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach

> On Dec 13, 2014, at 15:30, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> A full-sized Tardis?  The outside or the inside? ;-)
> 
> On 13 December 2014 at 21:09, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> I've been a bit remiss with my PAW the last month or so, kinda slipped into
>> a PESO...
>> 
>> Sheri and I spent the past week in New Orleans. My first trip, her first
>> visit since 1980. We agreed on the fact that it's not really our cup of tea
>> and won't be back. Did not feel safe walking around the French Quarter,
>> especially with a camera bag (even the disguised one). Plus, Bourbon Street
>> smelled like a frat house after a Saturday night party, with the addition
>> of Eau de Urine. So, not many photos from there. I got a few, which I'll
>> get posted over the weekend.
>> 
>> However, we did go visit the WWII museum. I was prepared to take some artsy
>> airplane photos and just take in the exhibits. Suddenly I realized there
>> were quite a few actual vets visiting that day. The Tina Nathan voice that
>> now lives in my head started nagging, "Hey, stupid. Anyone can take
>> hardware photos. There's the REAL story. Those are the interesting
>> photos".  So, I approached the first one and his daughter. I introduced
>> myself, thanked him for his service, and asked if I  could take a photo. I
>> assured them it was for private use, and would be happy to email them a
>> copy. They agreed. It got easier after that. I will get stories to add to
>> the captions after I email the photos.
>> 
>> The results are in http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=15751
>> 
>> One of my favorites is the guy with the B-17 in the background. He had been
>> a radioman on a B-17 over Europe. He was there with his son, pointing out
>> the various parts of the bomber hanging in the gallery, and describing the
>> differences between his plane and the one there. I realized that his photo
>> needed to be with the plane in the background. I know I focused on his
>> face, but it must have been a bit of the edge-of-frame WA distortion that
>> made less sharp that I had hoped. (12-50mm at 12, I think). But overall, I
>> got the shot I had envisioned.
>> 
>> The other shot is from a week earlier. I work a Doctor Who convention in
>> Chicago every year over Thanksgiving weekend, running the two dye-sub
>> printers in the photo-op room. I saw one of the guests, dressed as a
>> Cyberman from early in the original series, holding his cellphone up to his
>> face, either to take a selfie or to take a photo of the full-sized TARDIS
>> we had as a backdrop. Either way, it was a fun photo.
>> 
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=15777
>> 
>> Enjoy. C&C always encouraged.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Paul Braun WD9GCO
>> Certified Music Junkie
>> 
>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
>> Auerbach
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