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Subject: [Leica] Mt. Rushmore
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 07:08:38 +0200
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I like the night images, especially the next-to-last one.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 30 Sep 2018, at 02:34, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> If you live in the US you need to see Mt. Rushmore.  I am not overly 
> patriotic, but it is a moving place.  In the day time it looks like this.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8546.jpg.html
> 
> You can hike to the base and look up, and to the gallery where it explains 
> how it was done, but this trip the trail was closed for renovations.
> 
> But you really need to see the evening event.  It starts out after dark 
> with a ranger talk that is very good.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8573.jpg.html
> 
> Then they call for all the veterans to come on stage.  While a vet, I 
> stayed in the stand to take a few photos. They play the national anthem, 
> then they take the flag down.  Kind of funny to see them try to remember 
> how to fold the flag.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8578.jpg.html
> 
> Then they play a video and turn the lights on the statues.  I stuck around 
> to let most people leave to get this photo of the lighted faces with the 
> big dipper above them.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8582-Edit.jpg.html 
> Not sure how this will look as it was only done on my laptop. Looks pretty 
> good on my laptop.  Hope so on a real monitor.
> 
> Then you walk back through the hall of flags, where the state flags fly in 
> order of when they became states.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f8/mr/Mt+Rushmore-8590.jpg.html
> 
> 
> As I said, a moving experience for even me, who has not been too patriotic 
> since Vietnam.
> 
> Comments welcome
> 
> Aram
> 
> 
> 
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