On 29 Dec 2013, at 01:08, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Dec 28, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >> I spent Christmas week in Versailles, and had a very enjoyable time. I'm no >> Atget, and here are some photos to prove it: >> >> <http://www.web-options.com/V2013/> >> >> B > Nice gallery Bob. > > Back in the day, some of the French lived like Kings didn't they! > > One suggestion: I quite liked the rendering on #22, thought it worked well > with that scene. I wonder if the same rendering applied to #39 might make > that image a bit stronger? > > I have to admit that, in the midst of all of that opulence, > > http://www.web-options.com/V2013/content/P0270718_large.html > > and #4 with the lights across the street are my two favorites from this set.
Thanks Stan. The goats are in the farm which is part of the rustic hamlet that Marie Antoinette had built at Trianon. It's ironic that Louis XIV had the original real village of Triant pulled down so he could build a summer house for his guests to stop and have a collation, then Marie-Antoinette built a toy village for the educational benefit of the princes. She didn't get to enjoy it much though - it wasn't finished until 1788. Her palace of the Petit Trianon is an eye-opener after the main chateau. She had very refined taste indeed. The farm is now used by an animal welfare society. B -- 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.
