Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the night images, especially the next-to-last one. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 30 Sep 2018, at 02:34, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > If you live in the US you need to see Mt. Rushmore. I am not overly > patriotic, but it is a moving place. In the day time it looks like this. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8546.jpg.html > > You can hike to the base and look up, and to the gallery where it explains > how it was done, but this trip the trail was closed for renovations. > > But you really need to see the evening event. It starts out after dark > with a ranger talk that is very good. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8573.jpg.html > > Then they call for all the veterans to come on stage. While a vet, I > stayed in the stand to take a few photos. They play the national anthem, > then they take the flag down. Kind of funny to see them try to remember > how to fold the flag. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8578.jpg.html > > Then they play a video and turn the lights on the statues. I stuck around > to let most people leave to get this photo of the lighted faces with the > big dipper above them. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8582-Edit.jpg.html > Not sure how this will look as it was only done on my laptop. Looks pretty > good on my laptop. Hope so on a real monitor. > > Then you walk back through the hall of flags, where the state flags fly in > order of when they became states. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8590.jpg.html > > > As I said, a moving experience for even me, who has not been too patriotic > since Vietnam. > > Comments welcome > > Aram > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information