Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Larry, The stretch of water in that shot is a 'siding' and the boats moored there are residents rather than tourists. Below is a shot of the entrance to Blisworth Tunnel which, at over two miles long, is the longest canal tunnel around here. The concrete circle on the bank is a section of the tunnel and the two protrusions on the inner circle mark the water level. There is just enough room for boats to pass in the tunnel, that's what I call narrow :-) http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05172.htm Thanks for looking. --Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 12:18 AM Subject: [SPAM] [Leica] Re: Canal boats > This is a lovely photo, and I wish I had taken it. But it gives a slightly > misleading impression of the UK canals. During our academic stint in > Wales, we took several canal boat vacations in several parts of the UK. > Most of the canals are very narrow, only 14 to 16 feet wide with some even > narrower. The typical canal boat is only 6 feet wide and squeezing by an > oncoming boat in one of the narrower canals is a needle threading > exercise. Sort of like loading film in a RF Leica. This picture looks like > it was taken in one of the swampy Irish canals with the ever present mist > rolling in. Or perhaps that was too much Old Bushnells the night before. > > Larry Z > > > bruce wrote: >> Lovely shot, Graham ................. oozie, eerie, dead >> .............. till the return of the Summer tourista. >> >> B. >> >> On 20-mrt-2006, at 9:18, GeeBeesPaw wrote: >> >>> Leica M6 : 50mm Noctilux : Ilford HP5 >>> >>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06041.htm >>> >>> >>> >>> --Graham >>> http://www.geebeephoto.com > >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >