Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love it; it almost looks like aliens put it together. Good use of color. Did you see the field of lawn jockeys outside of Koblenz? I was driving through, and there were something like 100 of them, in a 10x10 pattern. Weird stuff. Cheers Dante On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 10:29 AM, Nathan Wajsman (private) wrote: > Thanks Daniel! You are indeed correct, it was tempting to stop every > 10 km but I had to remind myself that I did want to get to Koblenz > (500 km on the first day) before it got too much beyond 10 pm. > > I look forward to your Midsummer pictures. For the non-Scandinavians, > this is something quite special, especially in Sweden and Finland. > This is the time of year that the people get rewarded for putting up > with permanent dusk in the winter months. > > Nathan > > Daniel Ridings wrote: >> Nathan, >> Many thanks for this little tour. I'm amazed that you were able to >> make >> the trip in two days. It must have been tempting to just keep >> stopping and >> take some pictures. >> It's difficult to say if I prefer the one shot over the other. The >> main >> was a clear winner but the set taken as a whole with your narrative >> text >> was very enjoyable. >> Today is midsummer in Sweden and you, with a Danish background, know >> what >> Swedish midsummers are like. I hope I can put a narrative the same >> class >> as yours together. >> Take care! >> Daniel >> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Nathan Wajsman (private) wrote: >>> On June 9th and 10th I drove my motorcycle from Zurich to the >>> Netherlands and left it with a friend there. This is my first >>> possession >>> to move from Switzerland, the rest is to follow in a couple of weeks. >>> Riding 850 km in one day is not my idea of fun, so I split the trip >>> over >>> two days, spending the night in Koblenz, one of my favourite cities >>> in >>> Germany. As always with a motorcycle ride, getting there was half the >>> fun. The main picture is a view along the road north of Karlsruhe in >>> late afternoon: >>> >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24.jpg >>> >>> During the earlier part of my ride I rode on small roads through the >>> Black Forest, and was rewarded with views like this one, in the small >>> town of Lossburg: >>> >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt1.jpg >>> >>> I got to Koblenz, spent the night in a cheap hotel, and went for an >>> early morning walk on Monday before heading on to the Netherlands. >>> Koblenz is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded by the Romans 2000 >>> years ago at the point where the Mosel and Rhine rivers meet. That >>> very >>> spot is called Deutsches Eck (German Corner) and today it is a nice >>> park, with the corner itself decorated with flags of all the German >>> Länder (federal states); there is only one exception, added after >>> September 11th: >>> >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt2.jpg >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt3.jpg >>> >>> One one of the city squares is a column depicting the history of >>> Koblenz, starting with Roman times: >>> >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt4.jpg >>> >>> and culminating in the destruction and rebirth in the 20th century: >>> >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt5.jpg >>> >>> But supposedly the real symbol of Koblenz is a mischevious little boy >>> whose statue stands near the city hall. You just stand there looking >>> at >>> it, until... >>> >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt6.jpg >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt7.jpg >>> >>> I almost got caught unaware and barely avoided getting myself and my >>> Leica an extra shower. >>> >>> All pictures with Leica CL, 40mm Minolta Rokkor (except alt5 which >>> was >>> taken with the 90mm Minolta Rokkor), on Ektachrome 100G. >>> >>> The complete PAW index is at: >>> http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/indexpaw2003.htm >>> and comments are always welcome and appreciated. >>> >>> Nathan >>> -- >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland >>> >>> e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch >>> mobile: +41 78 732 1430 >>> >>> Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/indexpaw2003.htm >>> General photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/index.htm >>> >>> -- >>> 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 > > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/indexpaw2003.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/index.htm > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > ____________ Dante Stella http://www.dantestella.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html