Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can't tell you how many "big arrows" I've shot in their various guises. I've always thought that this was one of the dirty little secrets that no serious photographer ever reveals, so I furtively print and gloat over fire hydrants, gazing balls, lawn jockies, and the facades of 7-11's. I went to college for a year in one of the more remote reaches of New Mexico, where nary a road-sign had escaped assassination: by shotgun, hand gun, or long arm (and I guiltily admit to having squeezed off a round or two at an innocent "Stock On Road." I wonder whether the road-sign is a peculiarly American obsession. Chandos At 08:39 PM 5/24/2000 -0700, you wrote: >. I >got a good shot of two signs (big arrows) at a turn-around (where the streets >don't go straight through, and traffic must divert). I Chandos Michael Brown Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies College of William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown