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EarthSeaSky
20-07-2006, 07:15 PM
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These were the very first shots the day I bought my Nikon D70s.

Galena was once a prosperous mining town.
Its elegant buildings and flambouant italianate style mansions speak of a bygone age.
Tourists flock there in their thousands.
http://www.photo.net.au/members/d/1937-2/085.jpg
Historic Galena is now a tourist town but a rather nice one.


http://www.photo.net.au/members/d/1929-1/096-em.jpg

Beneath an austere church Pam hams it for the cam!

http://www.photo.net.au/members/d/1932-2/082.jpg
Downtown Galena - window shopping became pumpkin shopping for Halloween!
yass00
21-07-2006, 05:42 PM
I love the enthusiasm & the zest for life, even the busker seems to be impressed, lol...


yass00
EarthSeaSky
21-07-2006, 07:15 PM
Thanks for dropping by yass. Yes, the lady can sure act up!
Galena I think was the highlight of all the places she took me to. Chicago was great but in a different way.
http://www.photo.net.au/members/d/1956-1/Galena4.jpg
The angularity of this appealed to me. So American looking, isn't it! -
yass00
21-07-2006, 08:10 PM
Galena looks like the type of place ( particularly 082.jpg ) where onc'e there may have been dirt roads with horse drawn carrages & the buildings where made from wooden structures with corrugated roofing... A sort of old wild west... There seems to be that kind of a feel about it...

yass00
sue248
22-07-2006, 07:37 AM
Great pics Mark. Galena looks like a beautiful old town, i can imagine how it would've been back in its day.
I love that "so american" look. They have some great architecture. When i was over there it made me feel as though i was on TV!....lol....weird feeling.(not one aussie accent around!) We see so much american stuff on TV it was great to see it in real life.
EarthSeaSky
22-07-2006, 08:36 AM
Thanks for commenting, yass and sue. Galena does have that "wild west" feel about it
and the some of the architecture has that, Gone with the Windlook about it.
I shot this magnificent mansion from the car window as the lead-footed Pamela sped across the Galena Bridge! :rolleyes:
http://www.photo.net.au/members/d/1985-2/Galena6.jpg
The wonky border is an image stabiliser artifact of the VR lens.;) lol)