Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex van Hulsenbeek <sanderva@yahoo.com> To: <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 4:26 AM Subject: [Leica] Nature in USA/Canada and elsewhere > Eri wrote > > <The wide open spaces exist nowhere else on earth <like > the Western U.S. and Canada. > > Eric, > > I venture to differ. Are you forgetting Asia (10.000 km > wide!) and Africa? I have seen 'old growth forests' in > Siberia, in the Sayan Mountains near Baikal Lake, that > were unearthly beautifull. And the wide open skies > above the sandy expanse of the Great Western Erg in > Algeria, not to mention the skies at night, are also > not of this world. Trues, both places are poorly > accesible. but untouched spaces do exist beyond the > American continenst: lots of them! > There are some very fine photo opportunities in the urban forest just five blocks from my house which is located in a major metro area in Canada. One does not have to travel to "exotic" faraway places to capture winning photos! jh