Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan I enjoyed your photo and thought of it this weekend when I was helping my daughter on a science project and I bumped into this link. http://www.firehydrant.org/ the web never ceases to amaze me. charlie - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 21: mundane objects > here in NYC, they put pentagonal valves on top of hydrants so kids won't > open them up in the summer. i guess in switzerland you need a tulip wrench > to get these guys flowing! :-) > > beautiful photo, nice tonal values. i missed the original post; what was > the film and filtration? > > -rei > > > > From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> > > > > > >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_21.jpg > > > > Thanks, Guy! Actually, the hydrant dates from 1953 according to the > > inscription on the other side. It is unusual for this kind of elaborate > > handicraft in the modern age, but then again, by 1953 Switzerland was not > > yet in the modern age... > > > > Nathan > > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html