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Great photos. Regards, ___________________________________________________________________ Tonghang Zhou ("Zhou" is pronounced like Joe) On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 8/12/2002 11:55:21 AM US Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > AUGUST 12, 2002 > > > > Sadly, I received this note from a friend in San Diego this morning: "We > > have been informed that Galen and Barbara Rowell were killed in a plane > > crash on the approach to the Bishop Airport on their return from Alaska. > > Two others were also on the plane. No survivors." > > > > Newcomers may not know that Galen was one of the premier > > adventure/scenic/nature photographers of our age. Galen's signature image > > was Rainbow over Potola (the former winter residence of the Dalai Lama). I > > think that he got his greatest pleasure from combining his love of mountain > > climbing with his love of photography. Barbara, too, was an excellent > > photographer and contributed images to their stock collection. They are > > survived by a son and a daughter. I send my condolences and a hug to family > > and friends. To learn more about Galen and Barbara, visit: > > http://www.mountainlight.com/home.html > > > > While I knew Galen only a bit, and never met Barbara, I was saddened to > > learn of their passing. I do know that both of them-as we all need to > > do--lived life pretty much to the fullest. > > > > Galen's article "The Size of the Rat," which ran in OP (Outdoor > > Photographer) many years ago, served to inspire me to succeed in > > photography. He spoke of the rat "gnawing at the photographer's belly to > > succeed." I am glad that I got to tell him that he had influenced me (and > > that I had a very large rat in my belly..) (See my comments on page 145 > > of "The Art of Bird Photography.") > > > > My favorite Galen story goes something like this: He saw a print of an > > image "just like one that he had envisioned and was working on." He was > > ready to sue the photographer, when he learned that his wife--totally > > unaware that Galen had been photographing the same landscape subject--had > > made the image while they were on a joint vacation. > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from rly-xj03.mx.aol.com (rly-xj03.mail.aol.com > [172.20.116.40]) by air-xj02.mail.aol.com (v86_r1.16) with ESMTP id > MAILINXJ22-0812125521; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:55:21 2000 > Received: from lax-gate3.raytheon.com (lax-gate3.raytheon.com > [199.46.200.232]) by rly-xj03.mx.aol.com (v86_r1.15) with ESMTP id > MAILRELAYINXJ35-0812125451; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:54:51 -0400 > Received: from ds02w00.directory.ray.com (ds02w00.directory.ray.com > [147.25.146.118]) by lax-gate3.raytheon.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP > id g7CGsnrr006550; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:54:49 -0700 (PDT) > Received: from ds02w00.directory.ray.com (root@localhost) by > ds02w00.directory.ray.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id > g7CGsern018402; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:54:46 -0700 (PDT) > Received: from maila.indy.navy.mil ([147.159.5.201]) by > ds02w00.directory.ray.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id > g7CGscPL018392; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:54:39 -0700 (PDT) > Received: by maila.indy.navy.mil with Internet Mail Service > (5.5.2653.19) id <PRVQ3N0S>; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:54:35 -0500 > Message-ID: <EF4C77D78AD5D21198E90008C75DECDB04A1808F@EMAIL4> > From: "McDermott, Paul J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'wendy'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: FW: BIRDS AS ART NOTES AUG 12, 2002 > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:54:08 -0500 > Importance: low > X-Priority: 5 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98e > X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain > > FYI. > > ---------- > From: "Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:38:31 -0400 > To: "baa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: BIRDS AS ART NOTES AUG 12, 2002 > > > BIRDS AS ART NOTES > > AUGUST 12, 2002 > > Sadly, I received this note from a friend in San Diego this morning: "We > have been informed that Galen and Barbara Rowell were killed in a plane > crash on the approach to the Bishop Airport on their return from Alaska. > Two others were also on the plane. No survivors." > > Newcomers may not know that Galen was one of the premier > adventure/scenic/nature photographers of our age. Galen's signature image > was Rainbow over Potola (the former winter residence of the Dalai Lama). I > think that he got his greatest pleasure from combining his love of mountain > climbing with his love of photography. Barbara, too, was an excellent > photographer and contributed images to their stock collection. They are > survived by a son and a daughter. I send my condolences and a hug to family > and friends. To learn more about Galen and Barbara, visit: > http://www.mountainlight.com/home.html > > While I knew Galen only a bit, and never met Barbara, I was saddened to > learn of their passing. I do know that both of them-as we all need to > do--lived life pretty much to the fullest. > > Galen's article "The Size of the Rat," which ran in OP (Outdoor > Photographer) many years ago, served to inspire me to succeed in > photography. He spoke of the rat "gnawing at the photographer's belly to > succeed." I am glad that I got to tell him that he had influenced me (and > that I had a very large rat in my belly..) (See my comments on page 145 of > "The Art of Bird Photography.") > > My favorite Galen story goes something like this: He saw a print of an > image "just like one that he had envisioned and was working on." He was > ready to sue the photographer, when he learned that his wife--totally > unaware that Galen had been photographing the same landscape subject--had > made the image while they were on a joint vacation. > > Best and love to all, > > Arthur Morris > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. 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