You're welcome. Next time your in town, we'll have to go to Cranbrook. Lavish gardens and lots of photo ops there. In addition to the Kahn designed main house, there are a number of buildings and fountains that Saarinen designed. On Feb 17, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lots of fun info - thanks, Paul! > > ann > > On 2/17/2013 12:13, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> HI Ann, >> >> Thanks for the look. It's a brand new house, about 25 rooms I believe. It >> certainly invokes an old-world style. It's on the site of an 1832 farmhouse >> that was moved a few years ago after the 27-acre remnant of an old farm that >> it stood on was purchased by developers. >> >> Although Detroit was first settled by the French in 1702, all early >> buildings were of a temporary nature and to the best of my knowledge, none >> survive. The oldest house dates from 1826. It's a three story colonial >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Trowbridge_House). >> >> Bloomfield Hills, the site of the house in the photo is about 25 miles north >> of Detroit and is home to many lavish buildings, but none of them are very >> old. I believe the oldest significant house is Cranbrook House, which was >> designed in 1908 by Albert Kahn for the Booth family >> (http://housegardens.cranbrook.edu/about). Leonard Bernstein wrote the music >> for West Side Story on the grand piano in Cranbrook House, while visiting in >> spring of 1946. And that's all I know:-). >> >> >> On Feb 17, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I found myself counting gables :-) >>> >>> I like it - as to the building itself, looks more like New England than >>> Michigan (the house) - is it actually old or just built to look it? >>> >>> Alas, another day with no snow in Manhattan >>> >>> ann >>> >>> On 2/17/2013 07:55, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> Thanks Tim. I looked at more contrast and various extended black and white >>>> point adjustments, but it diminished the overall effect in that the somber >>>> mood was broken. I prefer it this way. Defining the snow better seemed a >>>> poor tradeoff, but I can show you what it looks like when I'm on my work >>>> omputer. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> On Feb 17, 2013, at 2:12 AM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The other snowpix did’t do that much for me, but that one really >>>>> works. Maybe crank the contrast a bit, or otherwise darken the spaces >>>>> between the flakes? -T >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> A mansion on the shore of Vray Lake, scene through the snow in >>>>>> Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. >>>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16937276&size=lg >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
