Amish
Sep 21, 2017 17:46:25 #
Old order Amish near our home
And I complain about cutting the grass...
Road work.
Experimenting with Photoshop.
Sep 21, 2017 17:56:52 #
Very nice captures. The black and white treatment on the roadwork image lends a timeless quality.
Sep 21, 2017 18:47:17 #
The way you processed the b&w makes it look like it's from a newspaper - interesting effect!
Sep 21, 2017 19:24:30 #
Sep 21, 2017 20:22:04 #
I may be wrong but I don't believe Amish people care to be photographed.
Copied from the Lancaster, PA visitor website:
"Just as the Amish do not carry personal photographs or display them in homes, they do not want others to take photographs of them. Many visitors to Lancaster County, find it difficult not to do so. Yet, if there is one that appears to frustrate the Amish, it is tourists attempting to take their picture. Please follow our lead in taking no photographs in which faces are recognizable. Refraining from taking photos is more than just a courtesy; it's a respect for our Amish neighbors and their way of life."
Copied from the Lancaster, PA visitor website:
"Just as the Amish do not carry personal photographs or display them in homes, they do not want others to take photographs of them. Many visitors to Lancaster County, find it difficult not to do so. Yet, if there is one that appears to frustrate the Amish, it is tourists attempting to take their picture. Please follow our lead in taking no photographs in which faces are recognizable. Refraining from taking photos is more than just a courtesy; it's a respect for our Amish neighbors and their way of life."
Sep 21, 2017 20:32:28 #
mdougc wrote:
Old order Amish near our home
I like the farm shot. They have the best looking horses. Some of the stores around me have shelters for the horses so people can shop and the horses are out of the weather.
The black and white does look nicer than the color version IMHO.
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Sep 22, 2017 06:45:29 #
Sep 22, 2017 07:12:03 #
TheMonoMan wrote:
Irrespective of the quality of your snapshots I wo... (show quote)
You might want to do a little research about how Amish 'outside the tourist areas' feel. For the most part they are against posing for pictures as it is a sign of vanity. Being photographed itself is not the issue. As far as what gives the photographer the right, in the United States that would be the Supreme Court.
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Sep 22, 2017 10:34:09 #
Sep 22, 2017 10:51:50 #
Sep 22, 2017 11:02:25 #
mdougc wrote:
Old order Amish near our home
I enjoyed these image, have encountered Amish several times.
Sep 22, 2017 14:14:54 #
It looks as if the horses are hitched four left and two right or is it the camera angle? I know nothing about plowing with horses, or plowing in general so if it is a stupid question, forgive me.
Sep 22, 2017 23:24:16 #
Nice shots, mdougc! We're looking forward to a trip out to our Amish country soon..Lancaster, PA!
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