Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last week I was in Denmark again, just a brief weekend visit with my father. As one of the Swedish LUGgers recently wrote, this time of year in Scandinavia slow film is fairly useless, so my cameras were fed exclusively 400 and 3200 (i.e. really 1600) film on this trip. The four pictures do not really have any common theme except that they were all taken during this trip. The main picture is the view from my father's 12th floor apartment, of something as uninteresting as a garbage incinerator in Avedøre, a suburb of Copenhagen. But I liked the scene, and the fast film with its graininess was a good fit: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_42.jpg (Bessa R2, 90mm Apo Summicron, Ilford Delta 3200 developed in DD-X 1+4) Whenever I visit my father, we usually go to Dragør, another Copenhagen suburb near the airport, where the fishermen come in around 9-10 a.m. and you can buy fresh fish straight off the boat. If you prefer your fish a little less alive, you can go to a small shop right in the harbour, where this lady will be happy to sell you delicious smoked fish: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_42alt1.jpg (M6, 35mm Summilux, Ilford HP5+ developed in XTOL 1+3) I bought a beautiful smoked eel, 1 metre long, which my wife found disgusting and sent me out on the balcony to eat. The café scene was a novely when it arrived in Copenhagen in the mid-70s. Today they are all over the place, each with its own atmosphere, and fortunately the city has not yet been invaded by Starbucks. This particular café belongs to the Copenhagen Arts Society and Photographic Centre, and people linger a long time over their coffee and the art and photography books which the owners put out for general browsing: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_42alt2.jpg (M6, 35mm Summilux, Ilford HP5+ developed in XTOL 1+3) And finally, on the same street as the café (called Gammel Strand) I spotted these two older gentlemen who were having a beer to get the day off to a good start (it was about 10 a.m.). A very typical Danish scene, really: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_42alt3.jpg (M6, 35mm Summilux, Ilford Delta 400 developed in XTOL 1+1) The complete PAW index is at: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm and comments & critique are always appreciated. Nathan - -- 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