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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Le Mans
From: geneduprey2015 at gmail.com (Gene Duprey)
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 10:53:43 -0500
References: <C9898741-DF20-4867-A81D-E6E3F5572AA3@frozenlight.eu> <7fffd902-65fb-b6fa-d678-af597d7f534b@lighttube.net>

Great stroll though the town of Le Mans, Thanks for the view.

Gene


On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:

> This is a very interesting record of your stroll.  The first image would
> appear to predate New York's Flatiron Building, same idea.  Wardrobe
> Adjustment is a good catch.  But Alcove and Shadow is my favorite.  Thanks
> for sharing them with us.
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> On 8/4/2016 12:19 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
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>> The final installment of my pictures from France is a stroll around Le
>> Mans, spread over the two days 16-17 July. Le Mans is world famous for its
>> 24 hours race, but the city has much to offer the visitor. For us the
>> importance of the visit was tied to our family reunion, but Le Mans is a
>> nice place in its own right. Also, as I learned recently, it was in Le 
>> Mans
>> that the Wright brothers attained their first commercial success, 
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>> a rather cool reception of their flying machine by the US government. That
>> story is told very well in David McCullough?s book ?The Wright Brothers?.
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>> The image are here. As usual, I try to focus on interesting details and
>> places rather than grand vistas:
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>> http://www.frozenlight.eu/lemans2016/
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>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>>
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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