Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, I am probably guilty of false advertising. I should probably have said something like the view today belies all the suffering which happened there. No, i don't have a Velvia plugin, but I should probably get one because I am a big fan of this film. I only have Photoshop Elements. Will it work with that? Barney On Nov 5, 2007, at 1:13 AM, G Hopkinson wrote: > Barney I was expecting to see tragic historical relics. I got a > picturesque beach view instead. Very nice, I think. I do like the > inclusion of some foreground interest. > Btw, do you have a Velvia plug in for your PS ;-) > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: [Leica] ING: Point Lookout > > > This is Point Lookout State Park. That's Point Lookout Light in the > distance. It is located where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake > Bay. Lighthouses are traditionally supposed to look rustic, sturdy, > and scenic. Point Lookout light just doesn't. Perhaps it is just as > well. During the Civil War the narrow peninsula on which it sits was > simultaneously a Union Hospital, a prison for confederate soldiers, > and a camp for slaves who had escaped from the South. The conditions > in which the Blacks lived were beyond belief. There was no housing > for them. They survived by digging holes about five feet deep in the > ground. They would cover these holes as best they could. They would > make an opening several feet wide. They would crawl through this hole > to get into their shelter, not unlike the way an animal goes into its > burrow. Given that, the state of medicine at the time, and the > general conditions in civil war prison camps the suffering which > people endured here is beyond what I know how to measure. Not much is > left of the original buildings. That may be just as well. As you walk > around the grounds the suffering which happened here is still almost > palpable. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/PointLookout.jpg.html > > Comments and criticism welcome. > > Barney > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information