[Leica] [MUGers] Pisa at 7AM/ Recent Steam

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Douglas Sharp showed:
Subject: [Leica] [MUGers] Pisa at 7AM/ Recent Steam


> Hello all,
>
> Some early morning shots of Pisa, Italy. Leica M6 + Voigtlaender 15mm.
> Please don't point out the "verticals" (grin).
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image3_4_edited_2 (Palazzo 
> in the shade)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image4_1_edited_2 (The 
> famous tower)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image3_3_edited_2 (Early 
> bird and the tower)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image1_8_edited_2 
> (Basilica)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image1_7_edited_2  (Tower 
> and Basilica)<<,

HI Douglas,
Thank you as it's nice to see the tower leaning just about the way it was in 
1967 as I stopped over in Pisa on the way to cover the 6 Day Middle East 
War. We, reporter and myself were covering the arrival of Canadian UN troops 
who'd been ordered out of the Sinai by the Egyptian government.

It was a pleasant afternoon as we sat at an outside cafe within sight of the 
tower having a drink  admiring the Leaning Tower of Pisa. WOW!! :-) My 
thought at the time was, "Am I ever glad I have my cameras just maybe I'll 
get lucky and have the first pictures of it falling over!" :-) Of course no 
such luck! ;-)

However, we left a couple of days later and arrived in Israel before the war 
started! Just my luck. First war, there for the start with my Leica's and on 
my way home 6 Days later! :-) Now that's the way to run a war and shoot some 
pictures! :-)
ted