Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, Nice set of photos. They remind me of the photos I took there. A nice place to visit. Gene -------------- Original message from Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>: -------------- > My Dresden gallery is here: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/g/d/ > We arrived the day prior to President Obama's overnight stay. The security > for his Germany visit was reported to cost 13,000,000 Euros. > We saw at least half of that in the form of Polizei in endless streams on > the autobahn into Dresden. > I started to photograph some of the security personnel, when it occurred > to > me that it may not be entirely sensible to disrupt my holiday plans with > an > unsceduled chat in some basement. > > Dresden itself was very substantiall rebuilt and this is ingoing. In major > buildings you can see the patchwork effect of new stone with the salvaged > oxidised stone from the original structures. > A very striking and interesting city. > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > Artisan excellence for the best lenses in the world. > Leica already has a CEO and a business plan. > Show me your photographs. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information