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Re: Veterans Day 2004
Mickael Therer 2004-Nov-18 11:59:00
Landis,
I think they look good and will make a very nice addition to the
project since most of us shot 'in memoriam' scenes.
anyone else with a late submission please contact me off list, I'm
trying to finish this project tonight (CET) so there is still time to
submit.
-mickael
--- In #removed#, Landis <#removed#> wrote:
> Sorry I've been a little slow putting these together.
>
> 11 November is Veterans Day in the US and my little town (population
> about 60,000) has a Veterans Day parade every year. This year it was
> raining all morning but the parade would go on. I searched for
> something that would coincide with Mickael's idea of commemorating
> Armistice Day.
>
> There were parents of soldiers currently in Iraq. There were
> veterans from the Gulf War, Korea, Vietnam, and several from World
> War II. Then I found a whole gaggle of Civil War re-enactors.
> Finally I found one guy and his wife dressed up as a doughboy and
> nurse from World War I.
>
> I tried a couple hand held panoramas using my Sigma 8 and discovered
> a couple things:
>
> * I'm no Jook
> * I'd really love a Nikkor 8mm
> * I just can't get the quality that I'd like out of the Sigma
> * I need to learn to get a little closer to my subject
> * I need to practice photos of people quite a bit more
>
> I guess I'm basically a landscape and tripod kinda guy, but I
> appreciate the challenge and will keep working at it.
>
> Take a look:
> http://www.360geographics.com/Xper/Veterans04/
>
> Mickael, if you're collecting these in any way let me know and I'll
> package 'em up however you'd like.
>
> -Landis