Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jean-Michel, Philippe, Don and Sonny. Particularly grateful Sonny for the comments about the website as I have recently moved back to Photoshelter. Best wishes everyone, Gerry Gerry Walden 023 8046 3076 0797 287 7932 > On 2 Dec 2019, at 18:00, Jean-Michel Mertz via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Wonderful! > JM > > Jean-Michel Mertz > 68750 - Bergheim > > ________________________________ > De : LUG <lug-bounces+j2m46=hotmail.fr at leica-users.org > <mailto:lug-bounces+j2m46=hotmail.fr at leica-users.org>> de la part de > Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at > leica-users.org>> > Envoy? : lundi 2 d?cembre 2019 05:33 > ? : Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at > leica-users.org>> > Cc : Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com <mailto:gwpics at me.com>> > Objet : [Leica] IMG: Oldtimer > > It was in 1997 when my wife and I first visited New England. I wanted to > attend the annual Star Island ?escape? of the New Hampshire Society of > Photographic Artists, and it was to celebrate our 28th wedding > anniversary. Both of us had always wanted to visit the area for the fall > colours, so we scraped the money together and did the trip. > > One of our days was spent travelling the road which was the route of i95 > before it became a multi-lane highway, to discover a little of rural > America north of Boston. It tuned out to be a fascinating drive with > abandoned wood-built hotels, and large empty barns, both of which had died > when the traffic deserted the road. We came across a car lot selling rusty > old heaps of autos which I did not understand, but enjoyed photographing. > Now there is a programme here on cable TV called ?American Pickers? and I > understand the American restoration market more, and therefore the > old-time autos sat by the roadside. As it was, I was just fascinated to > see them and photograph some of them. > > I was new to Leica having bought my M3 double-stroke about 6 months > earlier, and was using Kodak 400BN film so I could get it processed as I > went to avoid x-ray problems at the airport. I have just been going > through the archives, and I particularly like this image. I may be wrong > but I reckon the price would now be about 4 times what is shown here: > > https://gerrywalden.photoshelter.com/index/I0000iNEVenTTEWQ > > If anybody knows the make and model of the auto, or the location of the > car lot I would like to know. > > Hope you like the image! > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > www.gwpics.com <http://www.gwpics.com/><http://www.gwpics.com > <http://www.gwpics.com/>> > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information