I was more fascinated by the photographic possibilities in the coach house at Monte Cristo. They have a huge collection of horse drawn vehicles.
We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything. Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this. The roadside monument says: In Memory of WILLIAM LEE (1794 - 1870) of "Larras Lake" a pioneer of the sheep and cattle industry and first member for Roxburgh under responsible government (1856 - 1859). This stone was erected by his descendants. --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an inc...
Oh my!! Isn't this a treasure trove! I can smell those mouldy old leathers. I would just love to visit that barn. But re the comment you left on Ann's blog about the difference in photographic style, my shots would be all buckles and spokes ...
ReplyDeleteI love all your picture stories. It makes me feel like I have visited your fine country. Thank you from sunny California, USA
ReplyDeleteOnly 30 miles east of Tulsa is a small Amish community. It is not uncommon to see horse drawn buggys and wagons in that area.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I took a few spokes, no buckles but the light and that filmy grass blown in by the wind won me over.
ReplyDeleteLisa, glad you are enjoying the blog. I have a wonderful long trip inland coming up after this.
Bill, we don't have Armish communities here and rarely see horse drawn vehicles but we actually came across two travelling together on our current trip ... it was quite a shock coming over a hill at highway speed and finding slow moving horse buggys on the road. Thank goodness the brakes work.
and you certainly took advantage of
ReplyDeletethem! i love the light filtering in from
the sidedoor. just lovely.
coming from a ranching, cowboy clan,
i also enjoyed all the bridles, etc.
my 22 yr. old son recently told me that
anyone can be a photographer now that
photoshop is available. i patted him on
the head and said, "honey, you really
shouldn't express opinions about things
which you know so little."
i thought of you and julie, who are such
exquisite photographers. photoshop
can not "see" the subject, find the shot,
and grab the light. (i also know very
little about the subject. better stop.)
light, etc.
oh, i just read the tulsa gentleman's
comment about our well loved amish
community! we probably know each
other. :)
Lea, today's cameras and digital editing software certainly help us all to be photographers. But you are so right the difference is in the seeing, the light and getting the balance of all the things that make a photograph just right.
ReplyDeleteI was as a photographic exhibition recently and saw a quote from a news photographer which said "Now everyone is a photographer we just have to be better"
How interesting! I hope someone take good care of these.
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