Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely. I made my first visit to the town in 1998 and have been back a few times since. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 06 May 2015, at 18:41, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Corrected url for my shot: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/StEmilion1997.jpg.html > > And I can't figure out how that happened. > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Recent photographs posted bring back certain memories, as so many things >> do: In April of 1997 we had the use of a house in a 'commune' (probably >> too small to be called a 'village', and we were told the mayor was a >> communist) about 20 minutes by car southeast of the village of St. >> Emilion. >> >> Douglas Barry's photograph at >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bordeaux2014_St-Emilion_View1.jpg.html >> shows a tower in the background, known as the Royal Tower or Tower of the >> King or something similar; if you climb to the top you can as I did, take >> a >> photograph of a view much beloved in travel magazines: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bordeaux2014_St-Emilion_View1.jpg.html >> >> This was scanned some time ago from a C-41 negative (probably Kodak Royal >> Gold) made with a Leitz-Minolta CL, my only camera at the time. (When I >> finally sent it to Sherry Krauter for a CLA after this trip she said the >> shutter was way off, which probably explained why so many of my shots were >> blurry. >> >> Memories..... >> >> --Bob >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >