Kohlers Trading Post, Galena, Illinois
Oct 5, 2016 18:13:14 #
Was there last week, beautiful country and city, along with Dubuque, IA. Came back home a few days ago with this image and seven staples in my leg, getting the staples removed tomorrow.
Oct 5, 2016 19:55:19 #
Oct 5, 2016 20:27:42 #
That's a real nice find...love the old truck and Sears store. Hope your healing up.
Oct 5, 2016 20:47:26 #
WayneT wrote:
Interesting . Looks like an antique Sears store.
Thanks Wayne. I kind of doubt it, I imagine the owner just found some nice old signs.
Oct 5, 2016 20:50:13 #
James56 wrote:
That's a real nice find...love the old truck and Sears store. Hope your healing up.
Thanks James. This was outside of town a few miles, I doubt very much it was ever a real Sears store. I have one more of a dilapidated stone building I might post later.
Oct 5, 2016 22:07:41 #
Oct 5, 2016 22:39:36 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Very nice shot-great processing
Thanks Carol. I normally do b/w but am struggling with trying to learn how to make decent color images. I have a full frame camera now that allows me to expose for the skies and bring up the dark areas without noise, eliminating the need for HDR. The images still have a little HDRish look that I try to not overdo.
Jack
Oct 5, 2016 22:44:56 #
jackm1943 wrote:
Thanks Carol. I normally do b/w but am struggling with trying to learn how to make decent color images. I have a full frame camera now that allows me to expose for the skies and bring up the dark areas without noise, eliminating the need for HDR. The images still have a little HDRish look that I try to not overdo.
Jack
Jack
I think you achieved a very nice look. I wondered if it was HDR but the look was subtle and relatively natural so I wasn't sure.
Oct 6, 2016 08:28:56 #
mebert72
Loc: Plainfield, IL
I stop by that place every trip I make to Galena and get some shots of the place, but they never come out as well as the shot you just posted ;-). In case anyone wants to visit this place, it is located on Blackjack Just South of Galena.
Oct 6, 2016 08:32:11 #
Nicely composed, with interesting details. The processing fits the subject well. Appealing shot! (and owie on the staples, eh?)
Oct 6, 2016 11:02:04 #
mebert72 wrote:
I stop by that place every trip I make to Galena and get some shots of the place, but they never come out as well as the shot you just posted ;-). In case anyone wants to visit this place, it is located on Blackjack Just South of Galena.
Thanks mebert. I would have loved to go in but the place was padlocked. There's a trailer house in the back but I don't know if anyone is living there. I am wondering if it might be a Halloween spook house. There was a lot of Halloween decorations around the place.
I have another image taken on Blackjack a little closer to town of a dilapidated stone building that I plan to post a little later today. I've been to Dubuque before but this was my first visit to Galena.
Oct 6, 2016 11:04:40 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Nicely composed, with interesting details. The processing fits the subject well. Appealing shot! (and owie on the staples, eh?)
Thank you very much Linda. I'm getting the staples out later today.
Jack
Oct 6, 2016 15:23:23 #
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Oct 6, 2016 15:54:45 #
Kohlers Trading Post used to be in Lombard Illinois. It was a junkyard. Been closed for at least 30 years. I wonder how the sign got to Galena.
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