Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]must have been autumn or early winter before snowfall; the Snake is very low. Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... > > On Jan 25, 2009, at 7:02 AM, Seth Rosner wrote: > >> My mountains, my country, Steve. When I was a kid - 14 - my mom and >> dad did my brother and me one of the great favors of our lives and >> sent us to work for two summers on a ranch on the west slope of the >> Tetons in eastern Idaho. It was up before sun-up - 5AM - big ranch >> breakfast, then wrangling the horses, rigging fence, working the cow- >> calf units, digging potatoes, big ranch supper, then in our bunks by >> 8, dog-tired. Finished work Saturday lunch, then softball on a very >> rough field, grounders bouncing every which-way, and after early >> supper into town (Ashton) for cherry-cokes, a whack at the nickel >> slot machines and a film. At the end of the summer, Jack Young, >> proprietor, a direct descendant of the late great Brigham, took us >> on a two-week horseback pack trip through the Tetons and >> Yellowstone. They are my mountains, the most beautiful place I have >> seen in my life. > > > makes me think of field of dreams, I am glad that my images were > able to touch a nerve, > > Steve >> >> >> Seth >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> >> To: "LUG Group" <lug@leica-users.org>; "LRF reflex" >> <leicareflex@freelists.org >> > >> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:55 PM >> Subject: [Leica] the west.... >> >> >>> two more images, these from the Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Tetons >>> area... >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/tetons.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/birdtetons.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> I believe these were taken with a Leica R8, >>> >>> the first one with a lux 50mm and the second with the Elmarit 19 >>> mm / >>> 2.8 2nd version. >>> >>> >>> many thanks for your interest in these, >>> >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.13/1914 - Release Date: >> 1/24/2009 8:40 PM >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.13/1914 - Release Date: 1/24/2009 8:40 PM