Like the shooting angle, Frank. Nice conversion! Jack
--- On Mon, 9/6/10, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> > Subject: PESO - Among the Clouds > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, September 6, 2010, 4:58 AM > I love hood decorations on > cars. As you may know, they evolved from > radiator caps. Initially they were handles on rad > caps, used so you > wouldn't burn your hands as you removed the cap to add > coolant when > your engine overheated (as it often did in the old > days). Gradually > those handles became decorative and featured manufacturer > logos or > symbols. > > With the advent of bodies that covered engines, these works > of art > were moved to the front of the hood (bonnet to you > Brits). Gradually, > most disappeared, but a few remain. The Mercedes Benz > Tri-Star comes > to mind, as does the beautiful Rolls Royce Spirit of > Ecstasy (often > misnamed "The Flying Lady"). My favourite by far is > the Jaguar cat, > Leaper: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/among-clouds.html > > I saw this one last evening on (I think it was) a Jag > S-type parked on > Yonge Street here in Toronto. > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > *istD, lowly 18-55mm zoom. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
