Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, here's a shot from the King's Tower that I took in '07 which is looking at the place you took yours from. It's in Flickr which I don't use much any more. That said, I did throw a few shots from here in there in the last week. However, there are some more shots there that I should more into the LUG. https://www.flickr.com/photos/50543475 at N00/528427175/ Speaking of Flickr which I'm still subbed to, I'm recently getting a whack of emails from people who are now following me on it. The laugh is these folks are each following about 50 to 70 thousand users. That's an impossible task. I presume they have a reason, and if so, is it a monetary thing? Anybody else getting this treatment? Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] St. Emilion Memories > Yes, that must be the place. > > This technology is freakin' amazing, I tell you. > > Just, Wow. > > --Bob > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> Bob >> It certainly used to be the best restaurant in Saint Emilion, but its >> chef >> left last year and it isn't as great at the moment allegedly. That will >> change though! I intend going back next year I hope, as you never get >> tired >> of a few days in Saint Emilion. >> >> Here's the place I think you took your picture from. >> >> >> https://www.google.ie/maps/@44.893353,-0.156319,3a,75y,48.28h,23.2t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sfSn_0SMO2TwAAAQIt9PoZg!2e0!3e11?hl=en >> >> Hope that long URL works >> >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" >> <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 6:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] St. Emilion Memories >> >> >> Well, Douglas, so much for my memory of where I made it, and of course I >>> have no memory of your cat or its progenitors. Jim is right: The >>> memory >>> is the second thing to go, and I can't remember what was the first. >>> >>> I do remember the name of the restaurant/hotel Plaisence. At the time >>> it >>> was reputed to be the best restaurant in St. Emilion but we stayed >>> pretty >>> close to our temporary home in Listrac-de-Dureze ( >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listrac-de-Dur%C3%A8ze) and couldn't seem >>> to >>> fit it in to our schedule. >>> >>> --Bob >>> >>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>> >>> Nice shot Bob, but while it was taken from a high vantage point, it's >>> not >>>> taken from the King's Tower, but instead is taken from the wall/railing >>>> beside the church steeple and the restaurant/hotel now known as the >>>> Hostellerie de Plaisence and is looking down on the Place de l'Eglise >>>> Monolithe where I've had many a pleasant evening over the years. You >>>> can >>>> see the King's Tower at the top right side of your photograph. >>>> >>>> I had a look in yours for either the father or the mother of the cat in >>>> my >>>> photograph, but no luck... >>>> >>>> :-) >>>> >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" < >>>> robertbaron1 at gmail.com> >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 5:41 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] St. Emilion Memories >>>> >>>> >>>> Corrected url for my shot: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/StEmilion1997.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> And I can't figure out how that happened. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at >>>>> gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Recent photographs posted bring back certain memories, as so many >>>>> things >>>>> >>>>>> do: In April of 1997 we had the use of a house in a 'commune' >>>>>> (probably >>>>>> too small to be called a 'village', and we were told the mayor was a >>>>>> communist) about 20 minutes by car southeast of the village of St. >>>>>> Emilion. >>>>>> >>>>>> Douglas Barry's photograph at >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bordeaux2014_St-Emilion_View1.jpg.html >>>>>> shows a tower in the background, known as the Royal Tower or Tower >>>>>> of >>>>>> the >>>>>> King or something similar; if you climb to the top you can as I did, >>>>>> take a >>>>>> photograph of a view much beloved in travel magazines: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bordeaux2014_St-Emilion_View1.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> This was scanned some time ago from a C-41 negative (probably Kodak >>>>>> Royal >>>>>> Gold) made with a Leitz-Minolta CL, my only camera at the time. >>>>>> (When >>>>>> I >>>>>> finally sent it to Sherry Krauter for a CLA after this trip she said >>>>>> the >>>>>> shutter was way off, which probably explained why so many of my shots >>>>>> were >>>>>> blurry. >>>>>> >>>>>> Memories..... >>>>>> >>>>>> --Bob >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >