Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, I by far prefer alt1 to the main. It does a much better job of capturing the intensity of 17.maj in Norway, something completely different from the national days in the other Scandinavian countries. Nathan Daniel Ridings wrote: > The 17th of May in Norway has to be experienced, not just described. It's > not a typical (from the Swedish viewpoint), wild Scandinavian party. It > involves everyone, young and old. One of the ways to visualize the > atmosphere is for the anglo-saxons to conjure up the atmosphere around > Easter. I'm not thinking of the religious context, so forgive me for that > comparison, but of the idea that Easter is one day of the year when you > put on your very best clothes and go out. > > A good proportion of the population in Oslo put on their very finest > clothes, polished shoes, leaving nothing to chance. Then early in the > morning --- I started down towards the center at around 9 am --- they > begin to gather downtown, in front of the palace. > > Every single school around Oslo then parades past the palace and the king > waves his greeting. This he does for three and a half hours. Try and > visualize thousands upon thousands totally taking over the downtown area, > all happy and in a good mood. That's the 17th of May in Oslo. > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/20.html > > alt1 > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/20alt1.html > > These brave souls are graduating this year. As part of a tradition they > have been partying and doing things they would NEVER be allowed to do > otherwise, for at least three weeks with no breaks. The 17th of May is the > final day for the pranks and drunkedness. Then ... they take their final > exams. How they _ever_ pass them ... beats me. > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/20alt2.html > > Daniel > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html