On 8/24/05, wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A small diversion for me. Actually shot some ~film~ this weekend. Even more > of a diversion, it wasn't of dogs either! > Went down to Kingston on Sunday to take part in a British Cars in the Park > day. > OK, wasn't entirely dogless. Boris came too. > http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/48047114 > > Anyway, decided to try out my new-to-me-lens. Posted a couple of shots here: > http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/48139645 > http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/48139820 > http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/48139939 > Due to the wonders of modern science (MZ-S), we also have technical data! > > And finally, not a film shot (sorry) but thought it was amusing > http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/48047029 > > Wendy
Hey, Wendy, All are wonderful photos, but the shot of the Big Healey really blows me away! Other than the fact that those are among the most handsome cars every made (although I must admit, the Bugeye Sprite is my fave sportscar of all time), I love all those little X reflections beneath the scoop - beautiful!! WRT the last photo, it makes me recall that when I was a kid growing up in Montreal in the late 50's/early 60's, most imports into Canada were British. Other than the Volkswagen, if one wanted a smallish car, British was about the only option. In fact, we owned a Hillman Minx and a Vauxhall Victor. Each car only lasted a couple of years. We didn't even bother to try to drive them in the winter - hell, they had enough problems going more than a couple of hundred trouble-free miles in the summer! <g> We stored them from about December to March at a local garage, and it seems that many other people did the same thing. I don't think we bought snowtires and used a car through the winter until we bought our first North American car, a 1963 Rambler 660 Classic. "Built for Canadian Climate" indeed! <LOL> Thanks for the memories (apologies to Bob Hope). cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
