Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, if Ric did, I do not ;-) A second helping please Sir ! will help us wait for the first Book :-) Amities Philippe > Le 25 avr. 2020 ? 18:19, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > Surely you jest... > > bc > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 11:04 AM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> love this one and all of them?now time for you to share your second >> choices;^) >> >> ric >> >> >>> On Apr 25, 2020, at 12:38 AM, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at >>> leica-users.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> A westbound Amtrak three miles east of the Colorado Continental Divide. >> It >>> doesn?t go over the divide but under through through the 6.2-mile Moffatt >>> Tunnel. This Widelux shot was the centerfold of the Peak to Peak ?Day in >>> the life? essay. >>> >>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Westbound_+Rollinsville_+Colorado_+1988.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -0- >>> >>> >>> And so, on my 79th birthday (4/25), the last of 125 images which >>> partially summarize 60 years in photojournalism. The collection extends >>> from 1960 to 1988. The product of the rest of the years are found on the >>> LUG website. >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/ >>> >>> >>> I realize this marathon has tried the patience of some. Two of my >>> friends asked to be removed from the distribution list. >>> >>> Now that it?s over, work begins on a book. Stay tuned for details. >>> >>> >>> Most especially, my thanks to: >>> >>> >>> ?All those who looked and commented. >>> >>> *All those who looked and didn?t. >>> >>> *Webmaster Brian Reid for his constant help and encouragement. >>> >>> ?The LUG website for serving as a platform for this collection. >>> >>> *Robert Pledge, founder of the Contact Press Agency, for he knows what >> and >>> he knows why. >>> >>> ?And to Ted Grant, God bless him. >>> >>> >>> A final note: For five years I belonged to the staff of the Estes Park >>> Trail Gazette, working with what I consider the most talented group of >>> journalists in my career. Because the town is the entrance to Rocky >>> Mountain National Park, my photographic emphasis immediately switched to >>> landscapes. I climbed Longs Peak three times and every summer hiked >>> hundreds of miles of trails, always with a camera, a Widelux and lenses >> in >>> my backpack. >>> >>> You will not see any of that product here, nor will anyone else. When >>> the owner sold the newspaper to the Denver Post, the new publisher of the >>> Trail-Gazette announced that, from now on, the paper would be printed in >>> color. That dorkwad then tossed out five decades of negatives and all the >>> back issues, dating back to 1914. He was fired for it, but all those >>> negatives, all that history, now are rotting in a landfill. >>> >>> >>> ?Bill >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information