Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, Your first image posted is the best artistically, excellent choice of lens and perspective. Your images posted further down using the Kiev will be of great historical interest down the road. The little details of life provide more information about a society than the grand collected bits of high art or even great architecture. I am assuming that the bricked in arches were once windows that were just bricked up? Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/21/05, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > Pulled out some shots from my trip around northern Germany (Hansa > towns). One thing that strikes you when you travel around in former > DDR are the signs that life has been very tough ... and still is. > Former residents of DDR in Germany have less pay, even if they are > working side by side with colleagues from the old BRD, 20% less pay. > > There was little or no interest for renovations during the DDR period. > That is both good and bad. Good because all the silly mistakes that > the west made could be avoided, but bad because it is getting very > close to being too late. > > Churches in general were of very low priority: > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/33.html > Stralsund, M3, 21/4.0 Skopar > > But side by side with the ruins, you see signs of rejuvenation: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0044 > same > > There's a couple in b/w with the IIIf and Elmar too: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0060 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0061 > > But walking around on vacation (read: you have a job that you can take > off from) you are reminded that life is very tough even today. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0052 > I live here, what are you doing? Kiev 4A J-8M > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0053 > Cold heart city > > Now to tackle what I've been putting off for far too long ... a new > place to live in Oslo. > > Best, > Daniel > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >