Chinese New Year in London: meet up 22/02/15

ravilamir

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will try to be there. it's super busy at leicester square so might be hard to spot each others. can we have a more concrete meetup location?
 
22/02 at the Chinese New Year

22/02 at the Chinese New Year

Not sure if I can make it, but is it going to be a specific camera themed day, rangefinder/film slr, or just 'shoot what you bring'? :)
 
22/02 Chinese New Year

22/02 Chinese New Year

ravilamir said:
Hi!
It is "use what you got"! :)
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Thanks for that, I'll PM you if it looks like I'll be able to meet up. Now . . . what do I use? . . . S3 . . . OM1 . . . F6 . . . Df . . . oh . . . decisions decisions :rolleyes:
 
Can anyone join in? I live in the wilds of north Essex and there's engineering works on the line down from Ipswich to Liverpool Street - so I'd have to be setting off mega-early to be at Leicester Sq for 10:00. Incidentally, the forecast for sunday is a bit damp (PM) but that could be way off the mark.....
 
Hi!

Besides the above, a mate and his friend are joining in.

Paul
If you PM me your mobile, I'll do the same. So, in case you arrive later, and I might arrive later as well. we can call each other and find where one is.
 
ravilamir said:
Hi!

Besides the above, a mate and his friend are joining in.

Paul
If you PM me your mobile, I'll do the same. So, in case you arrive later, and I might arrive later as well. we can call each other and find where one is.
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Many thanks. PM sent. We have engineering works scheduled on our line every weekend until end the of March, so half the journey is by bus and the rest (from Billericay) on probably a very full train. I will do my best to be there and will text you as soon as I know one way or t'other....
 
Rodchenko said:
It's in my diary, and I hope to be there, but there are a lot of contingent factors.
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And one of those contingent factors has come into play, I'm afraid. My breathing is really quite rubbish at the moment, so I will have to duck out. :bang:

I hope you all have a good time, and get some great shots. I look forward to seeing the results posted on here.

I'll try to get along to future meets.
 
It was a very nice day until it started raining.

I want to thank Vinh for joining Noel, Jason, Carol and myself.
Pictures will follow in a few days.
 
ravilamir said:
It was a very nice day until it started raining.

I want to thank Vinh for joining Noel, Jason, Carol and myself.
Pictures will follow in a few days.
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Looking forward to seeing the photos.

Sorry I couldn't join you. The weather was okay, the kit was ready to go and then my car's alternator decided to throw a wobbler. Therefore, I had to deal with that, rather than be out enjoying myself. Oh well, worse things happen at sea, as they say.

All the best. Paul.
 
Yes, worse things happen!

Yesterday, the worst was when I went to greet Vinh: in 30 years it was the 2nd time that I remember dropping my camera on asphalt.
As a testament to the durability and toughness of the OM-1, the only thing it got was a new dent on the baseplate and I carry on using it for the rest of the day.
 
Well, here are some from CNY 2015.

This is all from the parade I could see:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

I was more interested in the crowds:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

There were also plenty of stalls:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

Some were just going about their daily lives:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

We saw lots of cameras:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

These iphonographers were busy at it:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

And this was our group. Sorry for the sneaky from behind!
From left to right: Noel, Vinh, Jason talking with Carol
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

Someone in the crowd cumplimented me for the OM and pointed to Vinh and said he was "hardcore". Here is Vinh in action with his Rolleiflex:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

Our group negotiating some street furniture:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

At the end, it was nice to see some taking a different approach to a New Year.
I hope she said "yes":
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

Well, that was it!
Thanks to Vinh, Noel, Jason and Carol for the great day.
 
ravilamir said:
Someone in the crowd complimented me for the OM and pointed to Vinh and said he was "hardcore". Here is Vinh in action with his Rolleiflex

Well, that was it!
Thanks to Vinh, Noel, Jason and Carol for the great day.
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Thanks Ricardo, its a very nice morning and seeing you and Noah in actions with your super stealth shots. I'm rather very obvious photographing but ppl on the day is very open to snapshots. Hope to have more gatherings in the near future.
 
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