[meteorite-list] Bernd's Collection & Lepidopterist

[MexicoDoug at aol.com]

Hola Michael,

Believe it or not !! I was interested in Lepidopterans long before the 
digital revolution.  I still haven't migrated from the robust capabilities of the 
film camera and lens configurations, film stillnhas this nice depth and 
familiarity.    So, the tens of thousands of positive transparencies in my collection 
are slowly fading away and not for general consumption, except an ocassional 
one that wins a photo contest, or gets published.  I guess I could get a 
scanner, I wanted an excellent one for a long time, but budget, budget, budget.  It 
is a lot of work that I have no desire to do.  I do have a great set of 
bellows and slide duplicating setup with special slide duplicating (negative) film.  
I bought 10 rolls 10 years ago and still have 8 of them unused and long 
expired.  So that is why I don't bother...  Ocassionally I'll put a slide into my 
10 year old $50 scanner with awful results.

So here is what I can scrape together aftermuch effort for anyone interested 
in what an eccentric amateur Lepidopterist does in his spare time.  A link to 
a page prepared especially for (1) first, and foremost Pauline and Bernd, and 
friends (like fellow comedians Martin and Michael).

Enjoy and be offended if you wish, it's the latest web page to get the inside 
scoop on Lepidopterists.  Bernd is quite generous, I'm still an amateur's 
amateur.  Vladimir Nabokov was a true amateur and immortalized Lepidopterists in 
his spoof on butterfly life cycles disguised as the acclaimed ocassionally 
disturbing novel, Lolita.  All of the true amateurs of his generation are in the 
book, but I didn't make it.  Time is ripe to write a book on meteorite folk, 
though, so watch out guys (and gals).

Pauline and Bernd (Happy Anniversary)
and Lepidopterist's page (copyrighted, please, no reproduction priviledges 
granted except to the Leps):

http://www.diogenite.com/lepidopterist.html

Sorry for the terrible resolutions.

Didgeridoo!
Doug

Michael B. writes:

<< OK,
         All kidding aside - sound VERY interesting. Do you have a photo
 web site where we can see the photos you have taken? (If not, please
 contact me and I will turn you onto a free photo hosting site that
 is VERY easy to use).
         WHERE DO WE GO TO SEE THESE BEAUTIES?
         Best wishes, Michael
 
 
 on 3/7/06 11:30 AM, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de at bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
 wrote:
 
 > Doug wrote:
 > 
 > "believe it or not, I am a Lepidopterist, well at least an amateur for many
 > years!"
 > 
 > Believe it or not, this is a modest understatement. Doug even found and
 > photographed
 > close-up a beautiful "LadyPau" butterfly for my Pauline!
 > 
 > Believe it or not, tomorrow will mark the thirty-eighth year of this lovely
 > winged creature
 > in my collection !
 > 
 > Lepidopterologically,
 > 
 > Bernd :-) >>