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Subject: [Leica] Ansonia Hotel
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Wed Mar 22 10:51:03 2006
References: <p06230917c0408d1cbc05@[131.142.12.152]> <115d01c649e8$fd910da0$0200a8c0@robertbxucevjs> <p06230914c04628ba15be@[131.142.12.152]>

Dick,

fascinating. The B&W shot is the better of the two IMHO FWIW etc, it conveys 
the 
majesty of the place, fair takes my breath away.

Peter

>>>  The Ansonia on Broadway at 74th was once a famous New York hotel
>>>  catering primarily to the arts community.  Enrico Caruso, Igor
>>>  Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Florenz Ziegfeld, Theodore Dreiser, and
>>>  Babe Ruth (an artist of a different stripe, [heh, heh, ;-)]) all
>>>  called it home at one time or another.    Today it is condos.
>>>
>>>  It is typically described as "a 1904 Beaux Arts masterpiece,"
>>>  seemingly dropped into the upper West Side direct from Paris.  It is
>>>  a magnificent sight from the 20th floor of a hotel just across the
>>>  street.
>>>
>>>  At dawn (M3 40mm Nokton - f1.4 @ 1/60th)
>>>
>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_34_0223_web
>>>
>>>
>>>  Shortly after sunrise (M3 15mm Heliar f5.6 at 1/250th if I remember
>>
>> correctly)
>>
>>>
>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_31A_0187_web
>>>
>>>  This is the bottom half of the negative.  The upper half is all sky.
>>>  I took shot after shot trying to get people into interesting places
>>>  in that splash of light at street level.  New Yorkers on an early
>>>  Sunday morning are very uncooperative.  ;-)  Probably should have
>>>  brought some inflatable people along a la Graham and his ducks and
>>>  cows.
>>>
>>>  Enjoy!  Comments welcome as always.
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  Regards,
>>>
>>>  Dick
>>>
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