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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From the Cigar Box- Checking the Dam, Feb 1956
From: jmaddox01 at suddenlink.net (jack)
Date: Tue Jul 17 17:19:29 2007
References: <004601c7c897$5871ac10$6101a8c0@jimnichols>

Jim,
I like the composition and the feeling of the depth of the water you get 
from the half visible barn in the background.
Thanks for showing.
Jack

Jim Nichols wrote:
> Continuing through the B&W negatives in the cigar boxes, I liked this 
> photo from February 1956.  During the previous year, my Dad and his boss, 
> who was a highway contractor, decided to build a fishing lake on our 
> family farm.  This photo shows my Dad walking the dam, looking for signs 
> of leakage.  In later years, there were problems with beavers that 
> burrowed into the dam and created leaks.
>
> Leica IIIa and Elmar 50/3.5, bulk Kodak ASA 50 film, filter not recorded.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/Nichols+Lake+01+Feb+56+sm.jpg.html
>
> Comments, critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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