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Re: [OM] Ghost of the Past Reappears Briefly

Subject: Re: [OM] Ghost of the Past Reappears Briefly
From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:15:29 -0500
Good to hear from you again John. That is a very nice watch collection, but
it must seriously impede aquisition of OM gear. ;^)

Charlie

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:42 PM, John A. Lind <j.a.lind@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Seems like I've been lurking in the shadows for years now . . . the
> Old-Timers will recognize the name.  I'm going back to deep lurking for
> now . . . but still may post something occasionally.  The company I work
> for is one of those in financial extremis and has been for over a year.
> Current economic situation isn't helping, but we'll survive.  We just
> let go somewhere between a fourth and a third of the salaried.  I
> survived that but was "redeployed" to a new assignment in the process.
> Completely different from what I had been doing for over five years and
> now I'm drinking from a fire hydrant trying to come up to speed before
> Thanksgiving.  Translation: some long hours at work during the week.
>
> Haven't abandoned cameras or photography entirely.  Here is my latest
> home projects documented for a local computer club . . . a fair amount
> of "quick and dirty" macros.  I won't claim any great artistry . . .
> just pure commercial style documentary work to tell the story
> (Photobucket slideshow) using a digital P&S for web use:
>
>
> http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/Computer%20Rebuild/?albumview=slideshow
>
> Another home project from last year.  Got a tool case dirt cheap at
> Lowe's and converted it into an armored, padded watch case that can hold
> about 75% of the watches I've accumulated.  Actual watch cases that hold
> the quantity this one can cost a small fortune (which I'd rather spend
> on other stuff).
>
>
> http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/Lowes%20Watch%20Case/?albumview=slideshow
>
> Finally, quick & dirty pix of some of the watches in the accumulation (a
> collection that's "still in denial").  Some of the pix are better than
> others -- photographing jewelry isn't easy -- highly reflective surfaces
> that act as mirrors (of undesirable stuff) and more specular highlights
> than facets on a cut diamond . . . a lighting nightmare.  The first pic
> isn't a watch . . . it's a self-portrait done with a cell-phone camera .
> . . the cat (Miss Frisky) likes to jump onto my shoulders and perch
> there as I move around the house doing things (I was standing in the
> middle of our Family room when I made the shot).  She can leap from the
> floor onto my back in a single bound (a bit startling when she first did
> that):
>  http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/?albumview=slideshow
>
> -- John
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