Paul: 1832-wow, that's old. Looking forward to the photo story of this charming farmhouse. It's sad, indeed, to lose. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 9:39 AM Subject: PESO: Endangered History >A sad pic, shot on a gloomy day. This is a farmhouse located about a > mile from my house. It was built in 1832, although some additions are > more recent. Ever since I lived here, it sat on 27 wooded acres. The > property was recently sold to a developer, and the area directly > adjacent to the house has been clear cut and bulldozed. I'm sure the > developer will leave the rest of the trees because he plans on > building 10 houses that will be priced at a couple million each. But > unless someone pays to move the farmhouse, he's going to tear it > down. The only shot I could really get was this tight crop. Worked on > it for quite a while. Don't think it succeeds all that well as a > photo, but at least it records part of the building. By the way, the > family that built it still owned it when it was sold. I guess they're > entitled to cash in, but it's still sad. > Shot with the DA 16-45, f5.6, on a very dark and gloomy day: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6790967&size=lg > > Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
