Timothy O'Sullivan's 1871-74 photos of the West
Jul 29, 2012 11:09:15 #
liebgard wrote:
what's wrong with putting on raingear and going out there?
jerryc41 wrote:
It's still pouring here, so this will be another inside day.
what's wrong with putting on raingear and going out there?
First I'd have to drive into town and buy a load of wet weather gear. Then I'd be outside in the pouring rain digging holes for plants. Now, does that sound like fun? The rain we're getting now is so heavy that it limits visibility, and my wife has to turn up the TV to hear over it. We had no rain for a couple of months, and now we get it all at once. :evil:
Jul 29, 2012 11:39:53 #
liebgard wrote:
These remarkable 19th century sepia-tinted picture... (show quote)
Love the photos. Thanks.
Was in Twin Falls yesterday but didn't check out Shoshone Falls...shown here in two pictures. It is different today because of a powerhouse but sometimes it flows like in these pictures. You'd have to climb some fences to get to the spot he took the photos.
This is why we were in Twin yesterday. They peform again today at 3....
Jul 29, 2012 11:54:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
First I'd have to drive into town and buy a load of wet weather gear.
LOL. Take a walk; breathe some fresh air. no need to dig holes in the rain.
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Jul 29, 2012 11:57:38 #
MtnMan wrote:
Was in Twin Falls yesterday but didn't check out Shoshone Falls...shown here in two pictures. It is different today because of a powerhouse but sometimes it flows like in these pictures. You'd have to climb some fences to get to the spot he took the photos.
Was in Twin Falls yesterday but didn't check out Shoshone Falls...shown here in two pictures. It is different today because of a powerhouse but sometimes it flows like in these pictures. You'd have to climb some fences to get to the spot he took the photos.
too bad
Jul 29, 2012 12:26:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
He would have a post here asking what he should get. And someone would ask him what kind of shooting he planned to do. And someone else would ask him what his current camera can't do that makes him want a new one. And someone else would ask how much he wanted to spend. And someone else ... :D
Trippmeister wrote:
Thanks so much, these are really great. What would he think of our modern DSLR's?
He would have a post here asking what he should get. And someone would ask him what kind of shooting he planned to do. And someone else would ask him what his current camera can't do that makes him want a new one. And someone else would ask how much he wanted to spend. And someone else ... :D
:thumbup: :thumbup: :mrgreen:
Jul 29, 2012 13:15:26 #
Jul 29, 2012 14:12:45 #
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Loc: All over, currently Big Rapids Michigan
Thank you for sharing some very beautiful photographs of our country. I hope some day to capture and share such beauties!
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Jul 29, 2012 15:39:53 #
jerryc41 wrote:
He would have a post here asking what he should get. And someone would ask him what kind of shooting he planned to do. And someone else would ask him what his current camera can't do that makes him want a new one. And someone else would ask how much he wanted to spend. And someone else ... :D
Trippmeister wrote:
Thanks so much, these are really great. What would he think of our modern DSLR's?
He would have a post here asking what he should get. And someone would ask him what kind of shooting he planned to do. And someone else would ask him what his current camera can't do that makes him want a new one. And someone else would ask how much he wanted to spend. And someone else ... :D
Trippmeister...Now that is what I have been talking about but it is something that is expected in todays times not to make it right of course but it is what is done and sorry to say expected.
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Jul 29, 2012 18:27:13 #
Thanks so much, Liebgard, for posting the link. What a photographer that guy Timothy O'Sullivan was: courage, fortitude, resolution, persistance, and strength. What other qualities did he display to fulfil his mission and handle the later tragedies in his life? (Rhetorical question.) Makes me want to go out and create photographs that will mean something to future generations.
Jul 29, 2012 20:16:04 #
Shakey wrote:
Makes me want to go out and create photographs that will mean something to future generations.
:thumbup: do it!
Jul 29, 2012 20:47:49 #
I love the O'Sullivan photos-thank you for posting the link. I live only minutes from a couple of those locations-Alta and Big Cottonwood canyon. Fortunately, they are both still beautiful today, if not quite the same. I am amazed at the tonal range in some of the photos, but I can't imagine going through what O'Sullivan did to make them.
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Jul 29, 2012 22:05:24 #
He was also part of Brady's team of photographers that documented the first ever photographed war - the American Civil War.
Jul 29, 2012 22:15:27 #
jeep_daddy wrote:
He was also part of Brady's team of photographers that documented the first ever photographed war - the American Civil War.
yes, in that linked article, left of his photo, it mentions that.
Jul 30, 2012 01:52:36 #
The U.S. Civil War (1861-65) was not the first war to be caught on camera. Roger Fenton and others photographed the Crimean War in 1855-56.
See:
http://www.allworldwars.com/Crimean-War-Photographs-by-Roger-Fenton-1855.html
or Google Crimean War photographs.
See:
http://www.allworldwars.com/Crimean-War-Photographs-by-Roger-Fenton-1855.html
or Google Crimean War photographs.
Jul 30, 2012 02:01:47 #
liebgard wrote:
These remarkable 19th century sepia-tinted picture... (show quote)
I grew up in Sparks, NV, and recognize many of those locations. Thanks.
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