Raining, wow. I would've bought a lottery ticket on that day! It was only about 116 when we went through Furnace Creek on the way to Death Valley Junction, and that was back in the middle of May. My Dad drove with me and was saying how he wanted to play the golf course there even though temperatures of 130 aren't uncommon during the summer. The man is insane.
Everything is still there. The hotel is still running and Marta still does a show every Friday and Saturday evening from October~May. She's 85 now and no longer dances due to a bad knee but does what she calls, "The sitting down show." Up until about 6-7 years ago she was still dancing on point. What's incredible, as you know since you've seen how isolated Amargosa is, people flock to it from Pahrump, Nevada, 35 miles away just to see her performances. The night we were there the show was sold out which is the norm. -Brendan --- ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brendon - congrats! > Thats a beautiful shot... > > I know that town -- the first time we went there it > was raining! I mean > Death Valley, in the RAIN?? > I shot the _outside_ of the Opera House only -- no > one was around... > The first time we went through there > the Amaragosa hotel was closed -- another time it > was just opening as a > B & B... is it still there? Never was > passing through when the Opera House was open... > > Maybe I can find the mag somewhere here in NY _ I'd > love to read the > article... > > ann > > Brendan MacRae wrote: > > >It took a while but I finally got some shots > published > >in a local magazine, Sierra Heritage. > >My aunt wrote the copy and I had six pictures > printed > >(seven if you count one for the index at the > front). > >All shots were taken with the K10D. > > > >The story is really outside of the Sierra Nevada > which > >is the magazine's normal "beat." In fact, it's > much > >farther south, just on the eastern side of Death > >Valley, CA. The story is on Marta Becket, an 85 > year > >old dancer and painter who has become world > renowned > >for her art and her quaint stage performances. > > > >A favorite shot that appeared with the story was a > 5 > >second exposure of the inside of the (dimly lit) > Opera > >House: > > > >www.primelensphoto.com/IMGO8075.jpg > > > >The printed version was cropped tighter to remove > the > >edge of the piano on the right, this is right out > of > >the camera. > > > >Anyway, yea for me! > > > >-Brendan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
