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				Small selection from Cuba
				
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Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:25 amby Willy wombat
				Visited Cuba with the wife in January 2011. Enjoyed parts of it but was left a little underwhelmed (wasnt quite as blown away as I had anticipated). 
Still, managed afew good pics





Cheers
Steev
 
			
		
			
				Re: Small selection from Cuba
				
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Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:49 amby PiroStitch
				What can I say but wow!  Top pics!  Love the street portrait of the guy with the chook on his head.
If you were underwhelmed by the experience, couldn't really tell by your pics.
			 
			
		
			
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Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:49 pmby aim54x
				Great images....I definitely cannot tell that you were underwhelmed by Cuba from those images.
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Small selection from Cuba
				
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Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:23 amby Willy wombat
				More underwhelmed by the total. Definately good in parts. Thanks for the feedback guys!
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Small selection from Cuba
				
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Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:43 amby gstark
				Steve,
While the image of the chook is fabulous, I also love the second, with the old cars, and the buildings behind it. There's the character of the place exposed in that image; a great capture.
			 
			
		
			
				Re: Small selection from Cuba
				
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Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:34 amby Chica
				Love them all, but especially the chook 

 
			
		
			
				Re: Small selection from Cuba
				
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:28 amby Willy wombat
				gstark wrote:Steve,
While the image of the chook is fabulous, I also love the second, with the old cars, and the buildings behind it. There's the character of the place exposed in that image; a great capture.
Thanks Gary - Those cars are such an interesting part of Cuba. Apparantly most of them have had the original engines replaced and converted to Russian deisel engines (I guess they couldnt get spare parts from USA under the embargo). An intersting fact
 
			
		
			
				Re: Small selection from Cuba
				
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:30 amby Willy wombat
				
			 
			
		
			
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:34 amby biggerry
				Great series of shots, I actually like the first one the most, well spotted and nicely processed.
I want to go to cuba now.. 

 
			
		
			
				Re: Small selection from Cuba
				
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:43 amby Willy wombat
				biggerry wrote:Great series of shots, I actually like the first one the most, well spotted and nicely processed.
I want to go to cuba now.. 

 
Do you know much about those cameras? EXA-1? Were they a East-German/Soviet brand?
 
			
		
			
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:52 pmby aim54x
				Willy wombat wrote:Do you know much about those cameras? EXA-1? Were they a East-German/Soviet brand?
This may help
http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Exa_1a 
			
		
			
				Re: Small selection from Cuba
				
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Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:33 amby Willy wombat
				East german from the 60s then. I suspected there may have been a communist connection.
 Anyone ever used one?
			 
			
		
			
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Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:44 pmby aim54x
				Willy wombat wrote:East german from the 60s then. I suspected there may have been a communist connection.
 Anyone ever used one?
It does look to be a very interesting camera, but sadly I have not used one
 
			
		
			
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Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:36 amby Stolky
				I agree with others: All great stuff!  ..have been v.curious about Cuba myself ..thanks for sharing.
Mark