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Post by byuphoto on Oct 11, 2006 16:52:03 GMT -5
    Canon T90 Sigma 28-105 Kodak C41 B&W toned in PS |
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Post by John Parry on Oct 11, 2006 17:22:05 GMT -5
Yup B&W
These are perfect for it. Particularly like the last one. Where's your Windsor?
Regards - John
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Post by byuphoto on Oct 11, 2006 17:29:57 GMT -5
On the banks of the Mississippi river just upstream from Natchez and downstream from Vicksburg. It is just across the river from me but I have to make a 150 mile trip to reach it
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Post by PeterW on Oct 11, 2006 17:30:29 GMT -5
Nicely chosen viewpoints, Rick.
As John said, B&W suits these ruins perfectly. I'm sure I've seen them in a movie a long time ago. Are they what's left of a psuedo-Greek house on a plantation somewhere in Mississippi that was burned down in the late 1800s?
PeterW
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Post by byuphoto on Oct 11, 2006 17:33:30 GMT -5
Heres what it looked like in 1857  This would be the same view as the first photo |
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Post by byuphoto on Oct 11, 2006 17:35:56 GMT -5
Yes it was the largest Greek revival antebellum ever built, on the Ms. river burned in 1879. It cost $175,000 in 1857 or 3.5 million today
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Post by PeterW on Oct 11, 2006 17:45:35 GMT -5
Oh my!
I had an idea I recognised the columns from the movie but I had no idea the original house was that grand. Talk about Southern landed gentry! They must have brought in craftsmen from all over the States. What a shame it burned down. If it had survived it would have been a lovely stately home to visit today.
PeterW
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Post by nikonbob on Oct 11, 2006 18:05:30 GMT -5
Looks like it was worth the trip and the toning looks good.
Bob
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Post by byuphoto on Oct 11, 2006 20:20:49 GMT -5
Peter it sat on over 2500 acres with 250 slaves. It is said Mark Twain stayed there and U. S. Grant used it as a hospital during the Civil war. A Union soldier was shot in the doorway. The columns are over 30 feet tall
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Post by kamera on Oct 12, 2006 12:26:32 GMT -5
Rick,
Quite an interesting topic of history. I cannot visualize the pics in color at all, and it seems most fitting you sepia-toned over choosing greyscale.
Ron Head
Kalamazoo, MI
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