Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice, Ric. Interesting bunch of characters. Thanks for sharing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ric Carter" <ricc at embarqmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:33 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Shadowhawk > No, it's not a bird. It's a western village recreated in plywood > behind Bill Drake's house outside Smithfield, North Carolina. > > Bill was an actor in TV and movie westerns in the '60s & '70s. When he > dropped out of the business, he came home and over the years rebuilt > his earlier world. > > Some of these shots were done while Bill and his friends were > beginning production on a home-brew western movie. > > Many of the buildings have appropriate interiors, one is a museum of > Bill's career, another is a general store with period goods. There's > even a cathouse over the saloon (no, not the kind we usually see in > galleries here). > > I just dropped in one weekend, not knowing any of them. I've made two > visits. More planned. > > Here's a baker's dozen to start. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/shadowhawk/> > http://tinyurl.com/q677yh > > Ric Carter > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >