Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary - Back when Rockport was a quaint fishing village Cape Ann attracted artists from all over the Northeast because of its rocky coastline and beautiful undisturbed harbors. I don't know how long that shack has been there but I can remember seeing watercolors of it when I was a kid. It was so famous that when it was blown over during a storm a few decades ago (if memory serves) reconstructed from the old boards plank by plank exactly as it was. I think was rebuilt yet again more recently. So it's the original, sort of.... :-) Rockport wouldn't be Rockport without Motif #1. I can see why the Carson House gets so much attention. I'd love to have a go at it with the 15mm Nokton myself. Sad to say I won't be in Saratoga Springs. I was getting all geared up to go when I double checked my calendar and found it full of other commitments. Am definitely planning on the Wetzlar meeting though. Am just waiting to hear back more about the hotels from LHSA. Enjoy Saratoga. Never been there but I hear it's a beautiful place. Thanks for the comment. Dick >Richard - I was in Rockport last October as the leaves were changing in New >England. You used wide angle to uniquely capture their fishing shack, which >has become so popular that it has its own special name - "Motif #1". Here in >Eureka we have the supposedly most photographed *house* in the world - The >Carson Mansion. >www.northcoastphotos.com/USCGPhot/CarsonMansion1.jpg >Rockport certainly must have the most photographed shack! >Gary Todoroff > >PS. Dick - are you going to be at the Leica shoot in Saratoga Springs? I'll >be flying into Boston for a meeting on Friday May 5 and plan to drive there >that afternoon for the evening dinner and get-together. > >> -----Original Message----- >> Behalf Of Richard S. Taylor > >> Subject: [Leica] Cape Ann >> >> Did manage to do some photography last weekend after a couple of >> weeks of devoting my photo time to sorting through the 6000 or so >> slides I've accumulated over the past 50 years. >> >> Cape Ann is a rugged pile of rocks about an hour's drive north of >> Boston. Rockport is its favorite tourist trap and the home of the >> world's most famous fishing shack. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/1_01A_0096_web >> Dick >> Boston MA >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick