Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris - I love the photo. That big fibreglass dude is seriously weird and menacing looking. But I have to say my favourite touch in this whole curious investigation into Americana is that the Google algorithm recognises him as a 'face' and blurs him out: > https://tinyurl.com/y4rx95zh too good. Marty On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 7:29 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Interesting, Chris. I couldn't get any idea of the true scale of the > size of it as your image doesn't have a definite comparison - the > building and the fence are ambiguous. Mind you, having a look at Trump's > Great and Perfect Wall does make me realise that you do seem to like big > things over there - fences, walls, and especially bombast :-) > > So I had a look on Google and yes, it IS h-u-u-u-ge. > https://tinyurl.com/y4rx95zh > > Keep taking the shots! > > Douglas > Here in Ireland where we're seeing a worrying spike in CoVid cases > thanks to the unwitting, or is it uncaring, attitudes of the young. > > On 10/09/2020 22:24, Christopher Crawford wrote: > > Back in the 1960s, thousands of these giant creepy-looking fiberglass > men were sold to businesses all over the USA. A lot of them are still > around today, often repurposed by new businesses that have inherited them. > They are known as "Muffler Men" because many originally stood outside > muffler shops. > > > > > > > > > > This one stands along I-69, a few miles west of Muncie, Indiana. > > > > > > > > > > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=3318 > > > > > > > > Olympus Pen-F and 12-40mm f2.8 Olympus Pro lens. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >