Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, Great story and great photos. Thanks for sharing your weekend with us. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Edwin Mason" <profmason at yahoo.com> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:36 PM Subject: [Leica] Was What's in Your Camera Bag,Now OT Maxton Mile Land Speed Race >> Charlotte Geary's bags (packed and unpacked) and see just how she >> manages to cart a Whole Lotta Stuff around. If you're interested, >> you can check it out here: >> http://community.livejournal.com/photographers/16546343.html > > Makes you appreciate the Leica aesthetic -- the M aesthetic, that is. > > Spoken by someone whose editors do not appreciate that aesthetic, who > therefore spent the weekend humping two DSLRs, various lenses -- from very > short to very long -- plus flashes, batteries, cards, cables, etc., at not > one but two different races last weekend, and who is now very tired. > > Fortunately, one of the races, the Maxton Mile land speed race, more than > worth it. A real hoot. > > Where else are you going to find a '51 Crosley Super Sport (looks like a > Bugeye Sprite, only smaller), a '73 Citroen SM (on nitrous), a vintage > sprint car, a supercharged land speed roadster, an ex-Nascar Chevy, a > street-legal '94 Mitsubishi Evo II that runs 237.63 in the standing mile, > and a '72 Cadillac Eldorado (that doesn't run even half of 237.63) all on > the same track? > > See 'em here: > > http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/jem_racing_photography/ > > --John > > ****************************** > John Edwin Mason, Photography: > http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com > Charlottesville and Cape Town > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >