Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On 1/5/2011 10:11 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: Yes, I do like taking pictures of people - there just weren't that many around in Galena! I wanted to give the feeling of a deserted town - which is what it is until the height of the tourist season, when you can't move for people. Chris Well, sans t

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Christine Aguila
- From: "Chris Mitchell" To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois adventure: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena C

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread drd1135
Great image BTW. -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:50:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena On 1/5/2011 12:12 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: >

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Chris Mitchell > > Thanks Dan. The rocking chair was in the porch of the B&B where we > stayed. > We even got to sit in it (not the greatest self-take of all time!) > http://www.mitch.myzen.c

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
There is a Public Broadcasting TV show on US Grant on Monday night. It's part of a series called the American Experience and featured Robert E Lee last Monday. He was the top General for the South and Grant's opposition in the civil war. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Chris Mitc

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Chris Mitchell wrote: > > >As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois > >adventure: > >http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena > > > >Chris > > > > horsey in window - love this... > > but I have a suggestion... I'd like to see it as a vertical with t

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Isn't Galena famous for producing Civil War Generals? Yep. 9 of them! (Including, arguably, the most famous of all). http://www.galenahistorymuseum.org/Galena%20Generals%20Rack%20Card%20Fundraiser.pdf Sorry, I forgot to mention them in my original posting. The museum th

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > That is a very interesting and artistic gallery. I especially like > the old double rocking chair -- a real find, well presented. > > Dan Thanks Dan. The rocking chair was in the porch of the B&B where we stayed. We even got to sit in it (not the greatest self-take of

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Boris Liberman wrote > > Interesting or even intriguing. A fine imagery but almost devoid of > people. My brief encounter with you, Chris, in Chicago made me think > that you quite like taking people's pictures... Almost none of these > here... Yes, I do like taking pictures of people - there jus

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Daniel J. Matyola" Isn't Galena famous for producing Civil War Generals? They closed the factory and outsourced production Pakistan. -- 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 direct

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 1/5/2011 12:12 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois adventure: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena Chris Interesting or even intriguing. A fine imagery but almost devoid of people. My brief encounter with you, Chris, in Chicago mad

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-05 Thread Bob W
> As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our > >> Illinois > adventure: > http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena > > >>> fascinating and very interesting. That thing in the window, by the > >> way, > >>> is > >>> not an enigma it's a horse. Enigmas have shorter le

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Steven Desjardins
Being employed as I am at Washington and Lee University, I tend to hear stories about that other general involved in the War between the States. Growing up in Massachusetts, I was always fascinated with Grant. He was one of those historical figures with which I would have liked to have had a conv

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
You can visit the harnes shop where US Grant was a clerk before the war. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Isn't Galena famous for producing Civil War Generals? > > Dan > -- > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:03 P

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Isn't Galena famous for producing Civil War Generals? Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:03 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 1/4/2011 5:41 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Chris Mitchell wrote: >> >>> As promised, here's some pictures from the

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/4/2011 5:41 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Chris Mitchell wrote: As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois adventure: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena IGP2970, the one with the cryptic signs specifying what you are and are not allowed to do, just cries out for some

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/4/2011 5:58 PM, Bob W wrote: As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois adventure: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena fascinating and very interesting. That thing in the window, by the way, is not an enigma it's a horse. Enigmas have shorter legs. It's in th

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Chris, Galena is part of the 'driftless' area in the NW corner of Illinois. The Great Lake glaciers never covered a small triangle of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa. In the 1820's(??) this part of the Michigan territory was set aside for mining, no homesteading! Lead for bullets and paint made the t

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Chris Mitchell wrote: As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois adventure: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena Chris and here are my faves : closed ...etc for the look of it _and_ the joke of course... http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena/slides/_IGP2926.html

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a very interesting and artistic gallery. I especially like the old double rocking chair -- a real find, well presented. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > As promised, here's some pictures from th

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Bob W
> > > As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our > Illinois > > > adventure: > > > http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena > > > > > > > fascinating and very interesting. That thing in the window, by the > way, > > is > > not an enigma it's a horse. Enigmas have shorter legs. It's in

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Chris Mitchell
Bob W wrote: > > As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois > > adventure: > > http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena > > > > fascinating and very interesting. That thing in the window, by the way, > is > not an enigma it's a horse. Enigmas have shorter legs. It's in there

Re: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Chris Mitchell wrote: >As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois >adventure: >http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena IGP2970, the one with the cryptic signs specifying what you are and are not allowed to do, just cries out for some creative Photoshoping... -- PDML Pent

RE: GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Bob W
> As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois > adventure: > http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena > fascinating and very interesting. That thing in the window, by the way, is not an enigma it's a horse. Enigmas have shorter legs. It's in there because it's not allowed on

GESO - Illinois Road Trip - Galena

2011-01-04 Thread Chris Mitchell
As promised, here's some pictures from the Galena leg of our Illinois adventure: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Galena Chris -- 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