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On 7/28/2020 at 7:02 PM, Boojay said:

but can't see me braving any airlines for a while.

When we flew from Singapore to the Washington, this was our biggest worry but turned out to be the easiest part of the trip.  I spent four to six weeks checking on seat occupancy on various airlines over the time (for a couple of airlines I had to book tickets to see the seating, but fortunately cancellation with 100% refund was available.  In the end we found the best route was Swiss via Zurich to JFK and then drive to Washington.  11 people on the flight to Zurich - probably more crew than passengers - and 16 people from Zurich to JFK.  The transit lounge has two people (my wife and me) and a couple of drink machines.  Because of my membership tier we could go straight to a sanitized car without meeting anyone and drive home to DC.  And Hertz came and picked up the car for free.  We were relieved to get home and start our two week isolation before going and meeting the kids.

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16 minutes ago, vikasmg said:

When we flew from Singapore to the Washington, this was our biggest worry but turned out to be the easiest part of the trip.  I spent four to six weeks checking on seat occupancy on various airlines over the time (for a couple of airlines I had to book tickets to see the seating, but fortunately cancellation with 100% refund was available.  In the end we found the best route was Swiss via Zurich to JFK and then drive to Washington.  11 people on the flight to Zurich - probably more crew than passengers - and 16 people from Zurich to JFK.  The transit lounge has two people (my wife and me) and a couple of drink machines.  Because of my membership tier we could go straight to a sanitized car without meeting anyone and drive home to DC.  And Hertz came and picked up the car for free.  We were relieved to get home and start our two week isolation before going and meeting the kids.

Sounds like you did really well there Vikas.  I think my feeling at the moment is the risk does not seem worth taking for the sake of any holiday style trip, I'm sure I would feel differently if it meant getting to see my kids or grandchildren.  Just now I think it will be staycations for us, we have a little holiday home in Wales we can now visit, and a week booked in Devon in September, have a feeling that may be it this year, summer I never mind being at home, it's Winter that gets to me these days.

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Our middle son and his wife just flew in as well. Virtually no one on the plane, and they wore face shields. They are testing & quarantining before coming to us. 

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Under a brutal sun in South Beach, Florida.

CL + 35mm TL

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Leica CL + Summilux-M 50mm at f1.4, S1/8, ISO 100

California, Santa Monica Pier in bokeh.

 

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Leica CL + Summilux-M 50mm at f1.4, S1/8, ISO 100

California, Santa Monica Pier in bokeh.

 

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Leica CL + Summilux-M 50mm at f1.4, S1/6, ISO 100

California, Santa Monica Mountains in bokeh.

 

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On 7/30/2020 at 2:07 PM, Boojay said:

Sounds like you did really well there Vikas.  I think my feeling at the moment is the risk does not seem worth taking for the sake of any holiday style trip, I'm sure I would feel differently if it meant getting to see my kids or grandchildren.  Just now I think it will be staycations for us, we have a little holiday home in Wales we can now visit, and a week booked in Devon in September, have a feeling that may be it this year, summer I never mind being at home, it's Winter that gets to me these days.

We had a similar idea.  Some pictures from a remote spot in West Virginia

 

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An abstract impression of a blossom - with CL and Sigma 100 - 400, a strong crop in addition. #1 nature, #2 processed

 

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CL + 55 - 135

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Leica CL w/ 23mm TL @ f/2

 

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Leica CL w/ 23mm TL @ f/6.3

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Agapanthus with CL and Sigma 100-400, second one plus Kenko 1,4 =focal length  of  840 mm on full format, The lens together with the converter enables me to make photos, which I could not take before because of the situation at some locations - i.e. botanical gardens etc.

 

 

 

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On 7/31/2020 at 11:04 AM, Louis said:

Under a brutal sun in South Beach, Florida.

CL + 35mm TL

I like the new icon picture as well 🙂

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