The people who are posting rude responses are getting exactly what they want. A whole bunch of Leica users running around yelling, screaming and swearing at each other.

THE ONLY RESPONSE TO RUDE POSTINGS IS TO IGNORE THEM COMPLETELY.

If you do they will get bored and move on. Please do not respond to this message. Let 's talk about Leicas and photography please.

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), December 19, 2001

Answers

; )

-- The Grinch (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), December 19, 2001.

Mike, I think that's your best snap yet ;-)

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), December 19, 2001.

90mm f2 Summicron APO, Mike?

-- Erik X (xx@xx.com), December 19, 2001.

Marvellous!

-- Giles Poilu (giles@monpoilu.icom43.net), December 19, 2001.

Hot!!!!

-- Emile de Leon (knightpeople@msn.com), December 19, 2001.

Mike content of your photo is well below the standard of your previous postings..

-- Jim Ford (jim@bobsbmw.com), December 19, 2001.

Mike -- I'm not sorry, I'm absolutely impressed! -- you're one of the best real photographers here. The picture is great, but the message is even more volatile!!

Mike

-- Michael Kastner (kastner@zedat.fu-berlin.de), December 19, 2001.

Mike, You are my hero. HCB has nothing on you.

-- Bill Henick (dhen1922@aol.com), December 19, 2001.

Not to be outdone...

-- Peter Hughes (ravenart@pacbell.net), December 19, 2001.

:^)

-- Dan Brown (brpatent@swbell.net), December 19, 2001.

I don't know what's wrong with you guys. Women are always trying to show me stuff, not flip me off.

Look, It's Pierced!, Copyright 2001 Jeff Spirer

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), December 19, 2001.

Thanks for all the kind words, guys, though I think HCB still has a LOT on me. But I still have a few decades to catch up.

The shot above was really about attitude rather than artistry, but I guess it's something we can relate to.

Don't know why women are so hostile towards me, Jeff. What's your secret? It's the bald head, isn't it? ; )

-- Mike Dixon (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), December 19, 2001.

Mike, you're right. It's never to late to make your hair fall out.

Self Portrait #1, Copyright 1999 Jeff Spirer

And the girls love it...

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), December 19, 2001.

Hi, friends:

Mike, as soon as I saw your finger image I knew it was yours, before reading your name. Your girls have become an icon here. Your photos are a joy to see. Thanks for sharing.

Your photos didn't show up in my computer though much trying, Jeff. It is a pitty we lost the bald head look.

And, Peter, your photo is very "yours" too for all of us who have studied your production. The water paint quality of the colour is something I wonder about; rather particular. Do you do something special to make them look that way?

And then, to see photos (and GOOD photos indeed) posted in our site is very pleasant after so much annoying material that has been brought up lately, you know . . .

Thanks, professors !

Good posting, John, specially because of these unexpected results, though you didn't want any answers. We are lucky you got them !

-Iván

-- Iván Barrientos M (ingenieria@simltda.tie.cl), December 20, 2001.

Since the previous pics are mostly about wavy haired women with attitude, here's one more..... 8-)



-- Fred Sun (redsky3@yahoo.com), December 20, 2001.

Hey Guys, that's a thread! It's a very "eerie" one, let me add...

Arf-Arf-Arf in my beard.

Season's greeting. X.

-- Xavier d'Alfort (hot_billexf@hotmail.com), December 20, 2001.

Shit!

Iván, you beat me to it!! I too wanted to say that every time I see Mike-chick here, I know she was shot by him long before I scroll down further and see his name. That's a real artist!!!

-- Michael Kastner (kastner@zedat.fu-berlin.de), December 20, 2001.

Hey Fred Sun:

-- Dennis Couvillion (couvilaw@AOL.COM), December 20, 2001.

Hey Fred Sun:

Is that one of Alfie's baby pictures?

(Sorry. I couldn't resist. What is the penalty for invoking the name of "He Whose Name Cannot Be Spoken"?)

Cheers, Dennis

-- Dennis Couvillion (couvilaw@aol.com), December 20, 2001.