Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting stuff Alan. It appears to be very similar to US flat track on ice. I used to read the ice speedway reports and photos in MCN back in the day - 60s, 70s, and early 80s - when I was more interested in bikes. Those ice speedway bikes looked different and would seem to to almost lean 60 degrees from the vertical. BTW I like the third shot best. Douglas On 07/08/2019 07:42, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > I don't like the heat of summer, so I tried to keep cool with some winter > scans from 1987. > The first two were taken with my ca.1917 4x5 RB Graflex, 9' f/4 Verito > diffused focus portrait lens, and 2-1/4 roll film back. It was interesting > to follow action with a waist-level viewfinder, where the image is reversed > left to right. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/19870124_MR_Verito_IceBikes_2.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/19870124_MR_Verito_IceBikes_3.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/19870201_MR_Mine_E_46A.jpg.html > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >