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Subject: [Leica] Ansonia Hotel
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Wed Mar 22 10:59:23 2006
References: <p06230917c0408d1cbc05@[131.142.12.152]> <115d01c649e8$fd910da0$0200a8c0@robertbxucevjs> <p06230914c04628ba15be@[131.142.12.152]> <44219C89.8070806@summaventures.com>

Thanks Peter.

>Dick,
>
>fascinating. The B&W shot is the better of the two IMHO FWIW etc, it 
>conveys the majesty of the place, fair takes my breath away.
>
>Peter
>
>>>>  The Ansonia on Broadway at 74th was once a famous New York hotel
>>>>  catering primarily to the arts community.  Enrico Caruso, Igor
>>>>  Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Florenz Ziegfeld, Theodore Dreiser, and
>>>>  Babe Ruth (an artist of a different stripe, [heh, heh, ;-)]) all
>>>>  called it home at one time or another.    Today it is condos.
>>>>
>>>>  It is typically described as "a 1904 Beaux Arts masterpiece,"
>>>>  seemingly dropped into the upper West Side direct from Paris.  It is
>>>>  a magnificent sight from the 20th floor of a hotel just across the
>>>>  street.
>>>>
>>>>  At dawn (M3 40mm Nokton - f1.4 @ 1/60th)
>>>>
>>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_34_0223_web
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Shortly after sunrise (M3 15mm Heliar f5.6 at 1/250th if I remember
>>>
>>>correctly)
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_31A_0187_web
>>>>
>>>>  This is the bottom half of the negative.  The upper half is all sky.
>>>>  I took shot after shot trying to get people into interesting places
>>>>  in that splash of light at street level.  New Yorkers on an early
>>>>  Sunday morning are very uncooperative.  ;-)  Probably should have
>>>>  brought some inflatable people along a la Graham and his ducks and
>>>>  cows.
>>>>
>>>>  Enjoy!  Comments welcome as always.
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  Dick
>>>>
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