Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]dang. looks like i got beat to the punch. it's the very careful fake that gives it away. tip-offs were how clean it was and the arrangement of items, way too corporate to be a real souk -- but the clincher was the photo that showed the ceiling with all the lighting -- there are rain/sun awnings inside -- and the faux outdoor light -- when it became obvious that someone was trying to duplicate the outdoors INSIDE and -- a ha, here's a person on a mobility scooter -- it's pretty obviously somewhere in America. Either Disney world or a casino, but it didn't look tacky enough to be a casino. On Dec 6, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Howard Ritter wrote: > Argh! First answer nails it! And from someone I'll actually have to buy a > drink for! > > We're in Orlando for the annual hematology meeting. I took the pictures in > the Morocco section of the Disney EPCOT Center. > > This is not anything that I would ordinarily take photos of, but as > Cynthia and I walked through it, I thought the exhibit was so well done > and so believable that I was struck by the whimsical idea of putting > together a mock photo album of a place I'd never actually been to. So I > took pictures of parts of it that didn't contain any obvious indication of > its identity. I think it worked well. Certainly made me want to visit > Morocco! Did you recognize the place in general, or was the Spaceship > Earth behind the musician in the back of the band the giveaway? > > I smell a potential project here. Anyone else want to put up faux photo > albums of a place they've never been? We can call it the LUG Fauxto Album > Project. (Phauxto Album?) > > ?howard > > > On Dec 5, 2010, at 11:41 PM, Susan Ryan wrote: > >> epcot! >> >> Sue Ryan >> scoutfinch at chartermi.net > >> On Dec 5, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Howard Ritter wrote: >> >>> Saw a post announcing another new GF1 owner. That, and this recent trip, >>> prompted me to upload a new album to the Gallery. It's a series of GF1 >>> photos of a place Cynthia and I visited recently, all taken with the >>> biscuit 20 (I say it's too thick relative to diameter to be a "pancake"). >>> >>> I thought I'd have a little fun, and ask whether anyone can identify the >>> locale. There are clues in the pictures, as well as misdirection. Those >>> among the LUG who are well traveled will spot the one (I think) >>> unambiguous clue. Keep in mind that tourist traps around the world are >>> frequented by Western visitors in Western garb, often with children in >>> tow. >>> >>> Prize for good detective work is a round of Lagavullin, or whatever you >>> choose, the next time we should happen to meet. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/uploads/ >>> >>> >>> ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information