Mississippi at Portage Des Sioux: One of the earliest French settlements in the Mississippi valley, Portage Des Sioux has no levee protection and when the river floods Portage Des...

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

One of the earliest French settlements in the Mississippi valley, Portage Des Sioux has no levee protection and when the river floods Portage Des Sioux floods. In response to one of the bigger past flood events the town put up a statue to Mary right on the river front. Now when the river floods the statue floods, but hopefully Mary is watching out for them. The second photo is I believe a failed restaurant. Fuji X-T4 w/16-55mm

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Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Ysarex wrote:

One of the earliest French settlements in the Mississippi valley, Portage Des Sioux has no levee protection and when the river floods Portage Des Sioux floods. In response to one of the bigger past flood events the town put up a statue to Mary right on the river front. Now when the river floods the statue floods, but hopefully Mary is watching out for them. The second photo is I believe a failed restaurant. Fuji X-T4 w/16-55mm

Nice set
The statue looks to be a replacement for an older one!!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Two very nice images.

tcthome Loc: NJ

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Couple of good ones Ysarex.

Don

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

REALLY nice and crisp in download... I like the line of the dike extending from rear of statue into background. Wish I could play with some Fuji gear but I have too much on my plate now... I can relate to this set as I grew up in St. Louis.

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

Ysarex wrote:

One of the earliest French settlements in the Mississippi valley, Portage Des Sioux has no levee protection and when the river floods Portage Des Sioux floods. In response to one of the bigger past flood events the town put up a statue to Mary right on the river front. Now when the river floods the statue floods, but hopefully Mary is watching out for them. The second photo is I believe a failed restaurant. Fuji X-T4 w/16-55mm

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

MrBob wrote:

REALLY nice and crisp in download... I like the line of the dike extending from rear of statue into background. Wish I could play with some Fuji gear but I have too much on my plate now... I can relate to this set as I grew up in St. Louis.

I bought my first Fuji because of their lenses -- specifically the 14mm f/2.8. The X-T2 is my favorite camera. It's everything I need/want in a camera.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Ysarex wrote:

One of the earliest French settlements in the Mississippi valley, Portage Des Sioux has no levee protection and when the river floods Portage Des Sioux floods. In response to one of the bigger past flood events the town put up a statue to Mary right on the river front. Now when the river floods the statue floods, but hopefully Mary is watching out for them. The second photo is I believe a failed restaurant. Fuji X-T4 w/16-55mm

The second one is my favorite - outstanding image, IMO.

Stan

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great set.