Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Douglas. In the US, the Christmas season traditionally begins the day after our Thanksgiving holiday, which was November 24 this year. MANY retailers, however, had put up Christmas decorations and begun playing Christmas music in October. :( -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 11/28/16, 7:20 AM, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of imra at iol.ie> wrote: >The second and eight minutes later one for me Chris, as the cars are >visible >in it and give a more powerful sense of scale. >Of course, it's a tragedy that Christmas decorations appear in November. >In >Ireland in the past, nothing Christmassy appeared until the 8th of >December. > >Douglas > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Christopher Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> >To: <lug at leica-users.org>; <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 1:00 AM >Subject: [Leica] Santa and Sleigh Made of Colored Lights > > >Originally built in the late 1930s to adorn the side of a downtown >department store, this 150 foot long Santa and Sleigh was lost after the >store closed around 1970 and was rediscovered rotting away in a warehouse >a >decade later. My grandfather, John Westerfield, was one of the local >electricians who donated his time to restore it with modern electrical >components in the early 80s. Since then, it has been displayed on the side >of one of Fort Wayne?s tall buildings every year. > >I made two photos of it last night, just 8 minutes apart, but greatly >different in light, as the day was fading away fast. > >http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2569 > > >http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2568 > > >-- >Chris Crawford >Fine Art Photography >Fort Wayne, Indiana >260-437-8990 > >http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > >http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >Become a fan on Facebook > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information