I don't know if any of you bothered to read the story of the Mohawk
Maiden, Sa-Sa-Na who is buried in the grave pictured here.
<http://nyslandmarks.com/treasures/08aug.htm> Very tragic and touching
story from 1852.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/10/2010 4:43 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Nice work, Chuck. At least, at that time, you have some color.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [OM] [OT] Owego, New York
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>
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Owego,%20NY%20-%20Oct%202010/>
>>
>> A pano from some of my fall foliage shots of yesterday. The shot is
>> taken from the Evergreen Cemetery from the railing seen in the photo
>> here.<http://nyslandmarks.com/treasures/08aug.htm> I think this shot
>> must be pretty old. The trees are grown up and it's not possible to see
>> the river as well today.
>>
>> The first image is the pano. The next 3 are crops from the pano moving
>> from left to right. The last 3 are crops from the crops, one from each.
>> 5D with Tamron 20-40 at 40mm, f/11, 1/200 sec. At 240 ppi the pano
>> would make a print about 11 x 37 inches.
>>
>> The village of Owego, NY is about 12 miles west of me on the Susquehanna
>> River which is seen in the photo. If you are a fan of James Fennimore
>> Cooper you may know that the Susquehanna's headwaters are in
>> Cooperstown, NY and figure prominently in some of his tales. You may
>> also know the Susquehanna from the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear
>> accident near Harrisburg, PA or perhaps from where the river empties
>> into the north end of the Chesapeake Bay and is the Bay's major fresh
>> water source.
>>
>> The vantage point from the cemetery is looking south toward the
>> Pennsylvania/New York border which is about 10 miles away. It's late
>> afternoon and the sun is low on the right side of the picture. The
>> bridge across the river connects the village with Interstate 86 as well
>> as a more local highway.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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