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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Street Sweeper
From: gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 08:17:35 +0100
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Thank you Philippe. The image loads fine on my machine so I can?t really 
comment. 

Gerry

> On 27 May 2016, at 07:38, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> We still have them over here, well in the cities else they'd look like 
> junkyards. 
> In the countryside, we do it ourselves (compulsory in Alsace ?) and don't 
> drop so much litter as a result ;-)
> 
> Nice viewing
> 
> Amities
> Philippe, whose connexion is slowwww this morning, or it is your site?  
> the picture took ages to come up...
> 
> 
> Le 27 mai 2016 ? 08:12, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> a ?crit :
> 
>> I photographed this in Budapest whilst sitting having a coffee. It was 
>> taken on the Leica M7 using the Zeiss 50mm Sonnar f1.5 and Fuji Neopan 
>> 400CN film. As it has proved popular elsewhere I thought maybe I would 
>> share it here:
>> 
>> http://archive.gwpics.com/index/G0000lsOBsEH5Wg4/I00004VY9fK5LUQk
>> 
>> It is a pity that these guys have disappeared from so many streets as 
>> they can help giving tourists directions, help street security etc. etc. 
>> People like him can be the eyes and ears of the community. I know all the 
>> long arguments about cost effectiveness etc. but I just wonder sometimes 
>> whether progress is always in a forward direction.
>> 
>> Hope you like his ?portrait?.
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Gerry Walden LRPS
>> www.gwpics.com
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>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] IMG: The Street Sweeper)
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