Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, The PAW is wonderful, and I also like the "dressed up" picture very much. The shots of the motorcycle part of the event lack the closeness to the subject that you achieved in the shots you took at the Wall. Nathan Steve LeHuray wrote: > I am a week late in getting up these photos from Memorial Day in Washington, > DC, but I have been traveling for the past week. > > The annual Memorial day at the Vietnam Wall and the Rolling Thunder > Motorcycle rally have become a very large event. All told over 2 million > people attend this annual memorial. > > This establishing shot of the 'Wall' does not even begin to show the scope > of the weekend: > > http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im109.jpg > > People trace the name on the 'Wall' of a lost loved one onto a piece of > paper: > > http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im110.jpg > > People get 'Dressed' up. Taken with a 1947 Leica 111C and Summitar 50/2.0: > > http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im111.jpg > > THUNDER ALLEY. This has also turned into a very large commercial event: > > http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im112.jpg > > The 'Ride' past the 'Wall.' 350,000 motorcycles parade past the Wall. It > takes several hours for all of them to ride by: > > http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im113.jpg > > In 'Thunder Alley' it is like a bazaar with stands set up to sell clothing > and food: > > http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im114.jpg > > You can even find scantily clad, good looking, young women: > > http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im115.jpg > > This is my selection for this weeks PAW: > > http://www.streetphoto.net/paw2002/paw2wk23.html > > All comments and critique welcome. > > The complete work is at: > > http://www.streetphoto.net > > sl > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html