Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since I was in Morocco about 8 months ago, it's not hard to see that it's NOT Morocco, but certainly a fair bit of work went into it. I haven't been to Epcot, but I suspected it was some sort of amusement park. >Argh! First answer nails it! And from someone I'll actually have to >buy a drink for! > >We're in Orlando for the annual hematology meeting. I took the >pictures in the Morocco section of the Disney EPCOT Center. > >This is not anything that I would ordinarily take photos of, but as >Cynthia and I walked through it, I thought the exhibit was so well >done and so believable that I was struck by the whimsical idea of >putting together a mock photo album of a place I'd never actually >been to. So I took pictures of parts of it that didn't contain any >obvious indication of its identity. I think it worked well. >Certainly made me want to visit Morocco! Did you recognize the place >in general, or was the Spaceship Earth behind the musician in the >back of the band the giveaway? > >I smell a potential project here. Anyone else want to put up faux >photo albums of a place they've never been? We can call it the LUG >Fauxto Album Project. (Phauxto Album?) > >-howard > > >On Dec 5, 2010, at 11:41 PM, Susan Ryan wrote: > >> epcot! >> >> Sue Ryan >> scoutfinch at chartermi.net > >> On Dec 5, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Howard Ritter wrote: >> >>> Saw a post announcing another new GF1 owner. That, and this >>>recent trip, prompted me to upload a new album to the Gallery. >>>It's a series of GF1 photos of a place Cynthia and I visited >>>recently, all taken with the biscuit 20 (I say it's too thick >>>relative to diameter to be a "pancake"). >>> >>> I thought I'd have a little fun, and ask whether anyone can >>>identify the locale. There are clues in the pictures, as well as >>>misdirection. Those among the LUG who are well traveled will spot >>>the one (I think) unambiguous clue. Keep in mind that tourist >>>traps around the world are frequented by Western visitors in >>>Western garb, often with children in tow. >>> >>> Prize for good detective work is a round of Lagavullin, or >>>whatever you choose, the next time we should happen to meet. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/uploads/ >>> >>> >>> -howard > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Henning J. Wulff Wulff Photography & Design mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com http://www.archiphoto.com