Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/04

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Subject: [Leica] 1961 Buick LeSabre
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:55:26 -0400
References: <CF647291.40F13%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <0A417EAF9E0949D8A29557C83FC404E6@Family>

I think a lot of the love for old cars like this is that they're more
beautiful than modern cars. The complex styling found on cars like this
costs more to build and in some cases is less aerodynamic, which affect
fuel economy. Todays cars all look alike; in the past each model had its
own style.

Another thing is simple nostalgia for the past. These cars are 50 years
old; they're antiques, relics, and few have survived relative to the
millions of them actually produced.

About my site: The CMS I use allows me to load larger images, and it
automatically sizes them to the sizes needed for the thumbnails, main
image, and enlarged image. I set the sizes each of these should be when I
set up the site. I do not want my images any bigger because it encourages
theft, but I do have a couple that I want to allow a larger version of,
and I cannot turn off the ENLARGED IMAGE link on some pages while allowing
it on others. I could write a subroutine that would allow that but I have
been lazy.

-- 
Chris Crawford
Fine Art Photography
Fort Wayne, Indiana
260-437-8990

http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio

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On 4/4/14 4:19 PM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

>Interesting car, but it baffles me why these wallowfish are so idolised.
>My 
>cribs are probably based on longstanding Euro journo biases. The only
>time I 
>drove an old american car, it lurched around corners, so just confirmed
>all 
>those pre-drive scribblings and prejudices I had absorbed. As I live in a
>land, and, in truth, a continent where straight roads are an occasional
>abberation we use to tune our radios, I have to say wallowfish don't
>appeal. 
>I prefer something tauter that handles. But then again, I'm not a flaneur.
>
>Of course Chris, there's another bafflement in this and others of your
>photos. Why, when I click on the ENLARGE button, do I get the same size
>photo as I got before I clicked on the ENLARGE button???
>
>Do enlighten me.
>
>Douglas
>_________
>Douglas Barry
>Bray, Co. Wicklow
>Republic of Ireland
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
>To: <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion"
><olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 7:30 PM
>Subject: [Leica] 1961 Buick LeSabre
>
>
>> This beautiful old Buick is sitting by an abandoned building on US-27
>> south
>> of Fort Wayne, Indiana. I photographed it a couple days ago.
>>
>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1876
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-437-8990
>>
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>>
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>> Become a fan on Facebook
>>
>>
>>
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