Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Beautiful photos, particularly the one of the young grapevines! The last time I was in that area, I spent most of the days exploring the ruins of the Maginot Line and then the old Bugatti factory. Jerry "Nathan Wajsman (private)" wrote: > Last weekend I had organized a trip to Alsace with the Belgian photo > club to which I belong, Viewfinders. I had been worried about the > notoriously sunny weather in Alsace which would have been somewhat > problematic for photography, but no such problems--it rained much of the > time :-( We nevertheless made the best of it, and here is a sample (I > will put up a full portfolio later). > > My main image is chosen for its content, not the photographic > excellence. I took it on Monday the 26th, i.e. Memorial Day in the USA. > In every French town there is a memorial to the people from the town who > died in the two world wars, and quite often there is also a plaque > commemorating the Allied soldiers who died in liberating the town in > 1945. Here is one such plaque, in memory of US infrantry who died in > liberating Ostheim in Alsace in January 1945. In these times of > political disagreements between the governments of France and the US, it > is worth remembering the ties of history: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_22.jpg > (M6, 90mm APO, Tri-X) > > The next two images are typical French small-town scenes from > Ribeauvillé in Alsace: a man leaving the local baker with baguettes, and > two women having a chat in the street: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_22alt1.jpg > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_22alt2.jpg > (both M6, 35mm Summilux ASPH, Tri-X) > > The last shot shows what we actually came to Alsace for, namely the > landscapes. But since it was raining, I tended to focus more on the > details, like here: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_22alt3.jpg > (Pentacon Six, 180mm Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar, Ilford Delta 100) > > The complete PAW index is at: > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm > > and comments are always welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html