Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/06
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it's NOT Morocco, but certainly a fair bit of work went into it.
I haven't been to Epcot, but I suspected it was some sort of amusement park.
>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
>
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