[Leica] ING: Point Lookout

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Just kidding on the Velvia plug in. Actually I just remembered there really 
is such a thing!
Anyhoo, t'was merely a reference to your very saturated colour shown ;-)
Cheers
hoppy 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Bernard Quinn
Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 11:17
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] ING: Point Lookout


Hoppy,

I am probably guilty of false advertising. I should probably have  
said something like the view today belies all the suffering which  
happened there. No, i don't have a Velvia plugin, but I should  
probably get one because I am a big fan of this film. I only have  
Photoshop Elements. Will it work with that?

Barney

On Nov 5, 2007, at 1:13 AM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Barney I was expecting to see tragic historical relics. I got a  
> picturesque beach view instead. Very nice, I think. I do like the
> inclusion of some foreground interest.
> Btw, do you have a Velvia plug in for your PS ;-)
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [Leica] ING: Point Lookout
>
>
> This is Point Lookout State Park. That's Point Lookout Light in the
> distance. It is located where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake
> Bay. Lighthouses are traditionally supposed to look rustic, sturdy,
> and scenic. Point Lookout light just doesn't. Perhaps it is just as
> well. During the Civil War the narrow peninsula on which it sits was
> simultaneously a Union Hospital, a prison for confederate soldiers,
> and a camp for slaves who had escaped from the South. The conditions
> in which the Blacks lived were beyond belief. There was no housing
> for them. They survived by digging holes about five feet deep in the
> ground. They would cover these holes as best they could. They would
> make an opening several feet wide. They would crawl through this hole
> to get into their shelter, not unlike the way an animal goes into its
> burrow. Given that, the state of medicine at the time, and the
> general conditions in civil war prison camps the suffering which
> people endured here is beyond what I know how to measure. Not much is
> left of the original buildings. That may be just as well. As you walk
> around the grounds the suffering which happened here is still almost
> palpable.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/PointLookout.jpg.html
>
> Comments and criticism welcome.
>
> Barney
>
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