Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well that's a depressing set, Philippe :-) Except for the last one, of course! Good recording, but I'm not saving for a trip there... Douglas On 30/03/2020 17:14, Philippe via LUG wrote: > Five takes today - the last one is BW > > > The first three illustrate a point made by Xavier B on the Leicareflex > list, who remembered well extremely poor sanitary conditions on the road > back from Saqqarah. > > > Here, a canal in Cairo in which I even saw the decaying carcass of a horse > ... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Flotstam-0760.jpg.html > > And yet people live and work there - this street stank like hell and I > felt sick over the two or three miles of its length ... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+And+yet-0789.jpg.html > > Kids and adults toil in the midst of refuse, plastic bags, and more ? long > live plastics ... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hygiene-0782.jpg.html > > > On a lighter note, I also felt sorry for this poor chap, for other reasons > bringing me back in time ... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hard+luck-0800.jpg.html > > > But I wouldn?t finish the series without something more aesthetic (in > spite of the presence of the armed soldier) and in BW :-) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Contrejour-1095.jpg.html > > Some may be viewed large for better appreciation. > > Amities > > Philippe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information