Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had no idea that Lindbergh?s flight was a fake ;-) Just like Columbus?s ?discovery? of America, 500 years after the Vikings had been there. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 5 Aug 2021, at 21:58, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Just back from a week down in Connemara in the west of Ireland. > > Here's a shot I took down there. It's a sort of homage to Herbert List's > 1937 photograph. > > A honeysuckle slip in a bottle beside the outdoor eating area of Baid?n > restaurant in Clifden, Co. Galway overlooking the Atlantic. The Alcock & > Brown 1919 landing site for the very first non-stop transatlantic flight > is about 4km from this bottle. They flew eastwards across the ocean in a > Vickers Vimy and saw what they thought was a verdant green landing strip > beside the Marconi radio station. Unfortunately, it was a bog. Luckily > they weren't hurt. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Honeysuckle+in+bottle.jpg.html > > Can be seen larger. Sony A7 and 55/1.8 Sonnar. > > Douglas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information