Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christopher Birchenhall wrote: > Hi > > Here's a photo with a story but if you are not interested in the story > please pass on or just look at the photo here (all comments welcome): > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/Image13a_001.jpg.html > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/2jh3na > > The story? It's title is "Clown's Smile". I was out testing a Leica M3 > (with modern 50mm Elmar) in my usual area (Macclesfield canal) with > other kit (more on that). When I printed this photo to A4 it reminded > me of a session of John Prine with Johnny Walker on BBC 2 (UK). One of > the songs John Prine sung was a version of his "Other Side of Town" > which has the chorus "a clown puts his make-up upside down so he wears > a smile even when he wears a frown" . On reflection this boat has a > clown's smile reflecting its abandon state. The boat resides just > above bridge 26; both will reoccur in my canal series. > > Chris B > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Chris, You can't help but smile back at this great photograph. Thanks for showing Jack