I don't know if you can claim the Old Man of the Mountain. The whole
area was socked in by fog, for about a month, but the fog had lifted,
just about the time I arrived with some friends at one of the scenic
overlooks. I shot two maybe three frames with my LX and probably the
M*300mm f4.0 and we drove off. The fog closed back in for a couple of
weeks. Next time if cleared the Old Man was gone...
The best part, if you can call it that, were the reports of the natural
wonder's demise about a week later, with the Governor of New Hampshire
proclaiming that he would spare no expense to rebuild it. I think he
was a bit unclear on the concept of "natural wonder".
The sadist part is that the film, (who's whereabouts have no current
clue), was one of two rolls that I've received back from a processing
lab, with numerous scratches. Retouching the print was a PITA.
However based on the fact that I may have been the very last person to
photograph it, before it fell of the mountain, makes it my fault.
On 12/15/2018 9:54 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
There was a famous natural bridge on Aruba. In 2002, I went there to
photograph it. Shortly thereafter, it collapsed into the ocean.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba_Natural_Bridge
About a year later, I went to photograph the Old Man of the mountain, the
symbol of the State of New Hampshire. Less than a year later, it fell
right of the mountain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain
In 1991 I used a Pentax to photograph the 17th century Kapellbrücke in
Lucerne. Two years after my visit, it burned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapellbr%C3%BCcke
My Pentax is a deadly weapon.
Dan Matyola.
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 10:09 AM Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
Natural Bridges. When one of the bridges collapsed a few years back they
did not change the name of the park to the now accurate "Natural
Bridge".
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