[Leica] IMG: New gallery - a walk through a little known jewel of a city

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

Jewel is the right word. Very good series in B&W, peaceful place for coffee 
and much more!Jean-Michel
 Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:18:55 +0200
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de
To: lug at leica-users.org
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: New gallery - a walk through a little known jewel 
of a city

Bonjour Philippe,
 
Thank you - yes, still here - and still so much to do 
and so little time to do it in.
 
I've a backlog of shots from Berlin that still need 
doing and two Canon A1s are still stuffed with film (as 
is an EOS 300 I found at the flea market in Berlin - 
currently with a Leica 21 mm stuck on the front).
 
Good eyesight - yes it is a Leica heavy-duty strap on 
the A1:-)
 
Bestest from Hannover
Douglas
 
On 28.10.2011 08:47, philippe.amard wrote:
> ditto
>
> very neatly shot and processed.
>
> plus I'm happy to see you back in the trade Douglas
>
> I also noticed the Canon on the table, is it a Leica 
> neckstrap that you grafted on it ;-)
>
> Amiti?s from the other side of the Rhine
>
> Philippe
>
> Le 27 oct. 11 ? 23:26, Quan Tran a ?crit :
>
>> Douglas,
>>
>> Thank you for giving a grand tour of such a 
>> beautiful city. You capture the
>> essence and the atmosphere of the place very well. 
>> It is a lovely place to
>> sit down for some coffee.
>>
>> These are my favorites: _MG_2859, 09B324FA, 
>> _MG_2650, 02F6ECEF, 11DF9157
>>
>> Thanks for sharing,
>> -Quan.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Douglas Sharp 
>> <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> most people tend to drive straight past 
>>> *Tangerm?nde* over one of the few
>>> bridges that cross the Elbe river (on the B188 
>>> East-West highway from Berlin
>>> to Hannover) without noticing that it's there.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/DMS/Germany/**Tangermuende/<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Tangermuende/>
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>> The city, as its name infers, is at the point where 
>>> the river Tanger joins
>>> the Elbe, and has been a city since the 12th 
>>> century and also the seat of a
>>> the German emperor Karl IV. The opriginal castle 
>>> was razed to the ground by
>>> the Swedes, but much of the medieval fortifications 
>>> still survive - almost
>>> all of it is brickwork, and hardly any stone.
>>>
>>> Most of the city now dates from 1671, after a young 
>>> woman by the name of
>>> Grete Minde burned the city down as revenge for her 
>>> mistreatment - her name
>>> has gone down in German literature in a classic 
>>> novel by Theodor Fontane
>>> published in 1879
>>>
>>> We always stop there for lunch or a coffee and a 
>>> break from driving with a
>>> walk around the city.
>>>
>>> This ancient city is in the process of being 
>>> brought back to its former
>>> glory after years of very limited investment under 
>>> the communist regime of
>>> the GDR. As can be seen, some parts are still very 
>>> much in need of
>>> redevelopment, but the work is in full swing 
>>> throughout most of the city.
>>>
>>> The Schloss built on the foundations of the old 
>>> castle is now a 4-star
>>> hotel (with very reasonable prices), and some of 
>>> the towers of the medieval
>>> castle now contain hotel rooms - including the 
>>> prison tower!!
>>>
>>> Although the pictures were shot on 3 separate 
>>> visits (one of them very
>>> cloudy and dull), their order shows our usual route 
>>> and our usual stops
>>> around the place.
>>>
>>> Well worth a visit if you are ever in the area.
>>>
>>> I'll be putting up some of the shots in colour when 
>>> I get around to it.
>>>
>>> Hope you enjoy the visit
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>> BTW: the lady in the  leather jacket is Frauke, my 
>>> missus.
>>>
>>> Some of the shots with rather low contrast were 
>>> shot with a Tamron zoom I
>>> picked up for 15 euros at the flea market in Berlin 
>>> - it's not one of their
>>> best:-)
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Quan Tran.
>> blog: http://fluxlux.blogspot.com/
>>
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