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Subject: [Leica] Sicilian wedding -Douglas
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:03:49 +0100
References: <ac0cc350-a4e7-14be-9515-3f677309cd13@gmail.com> <792dbe5e-f24e-9538-2686-0edb148078ba@iol.ie> <f3ee3e43-c16a-e0d6-4f61-412eb9d83497@iol.ie>

Sounds like a dilemma Douglas, how to get rid of unwanted passengers with 
that makeshift mother-in-law Aston Martin DB ejection seat  ?

Amities

Philippe



> Le 26 nov. 2018 ? 19:39, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit :
> 
> OK I'll raise that to a 1960 FIAT 1100 Special which had front hinged 
> doors, as opposed to the suicide ones that used to be fitted.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> On 26/11/2018 13:40, Douglas Barry wrote:
>> A FIAT 1100 from the 50s at a guess.
>> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> 
>> On 26/11/2018 02:28, Peter Klein via LUG wrote:
>>> We visited Modica, known as a "Baroque" town because it was destroyed by 
>>> an earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt in the Baroque style. While there, we 
>>> got to see the beginning of a traditional wedding, grandly staged on the 
>>> steps of the Duomo of St. Peter.
>>> 
>>> The groom waits for the bride with his parents at the top of the church 
>>> staircase.  Guests arrive and are duly photographed.
>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
>>> N04/45327125444/in/dateposted-public/> 
>>> 
>>> The photographers wear uniforms of sorts, albeit with sensible shoes, 
>>> while the wedding director choreographs the proceedings.
>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
>>> N04/44235738230/in/dateposted-public/> 
>>> 
>>> The bride arrives with her parents in a classic car.
>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
>>> N04/45327125274/in/dateposted-public/> 
>>> 
>>> The bride ascends the church staircase with her father, mother and 
>>> (probably) brother follow.
>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
>>> N04/44235737880/in/dateposted-public/> 
>>> 
>>> A closer shot of the "bridal car." Can anyone identify it? (I'm talking 
>>> to you, Jim Shulman).
>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
>>> N04/45327125124/in/dateposted-public/> 
>>> 
>>> Bonus:  A Sicilian signorina demonstrates the local method of making 
>>> chocolate. They say they got it from the Spanish, who got it from the 
>>> Aztecs.
>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
>>> N04/45327123044/in/dateposted-public/> 
>>> 
>>> Olympus E-M5 and  20/1.7 (chocolate) and 45/1.8 (wedding).  The wedding 
>>> photos were taken standing on a bench outside the chocolate shop in a 
>>> light drizzle, with the camera held over my head. It was worth it.  
>>> Enjoy!
>>> 
>>> --Peter
>>> 
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