Very cool, Bob. Hope you got a few of her boats! I have to agree with you on the Wow you get when you gaze at those big slides...
Tell us more about what you ended up getting. Brother Bruce Tuesday, August 5, 2003, 3:10:51 PM, you wrote: Rac> Yes, we are all out taking pictures! Rac> Tall Ships (Old sailing vessels) were in Chicago this week and I was photographing. Rac> Thanks to advice from the list, I bought a 6x7 on Ebay. Rac> I was in Downtown Chicago (about 25 miles) at dawn on Thursday, Sat. & Sun.. Rac> I have the slides back from Thursday and Wow is all I can say. Rac> More film back tonight or tomorrow... Rac> And if you want to look like a professional... Rac> I was on the lower lever of the Michigan Avenue bridge over the Chicago river. It's a dark, grubby environment best characterized as the industrial innards of the city of Chicago. I had the Rac> 6x7 on a monopod and a PZ-1 with zoom over my shoulder. I was busy taking pictures of the Tall Ships moored along the Chicago river when I noticed an attractive blond woman out of the corner of Rac> my eye. I stopped and she pressed a business card into my hand saying 'I can always use great photos of my boats!'. She was the president of a tour boat company operating several Rac> river/lakefront cruises. Her boats were moored just below us. I was pleasantly suprised. Rac> Regards, Bob S.
