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Subject: [Leica] the west....
From: sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)
Date: Sun Jan 25 08:46:03 2009
References: <6152A431-F9E2-4334-9C25-278399B3C16E@cox.net><38FFB89E526A4DEF825D0036D9975667@D1S9FY41> <ED7FCEF8-1317-418F-BA3D-FDF3F0A2A68F@cox.net>

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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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