Pioneer Days

Thanks for the compliment. I have it hanging on my wall in sepia.

Lovely Laurel. Reminiscent of Vermeer’s ‘Milk Maid’.

Just thinking that this would make a lovely painting and I agree with Margo!

Really like this, Laurel.
Very nice muted colour.

A tribute to Vermeer

Superb work!

looks great in color also…great job!

Thank You to the person that purchased Pioneer Days!

great scene – i like these travels back in time!

Very very nice shot

I want to thank everyone for their comments on Pioneer Days! This picture was taken on a manual 35mm SLR in 1991.

this is fantastic. WOW Very cool

Thanks Jeff! What a nice comment!

Beautiful work Laurel!!!!

Great work. I love the authenticity of this piece.

Thanks IIunia and Helen!

Laurel: A perfect image. This would make a great painting. Lovely. “joey”

I like it just the way it is, awesome shot

Fantastic image!

Thanks for your comments Rusmwood and Antoine and VisionaryImage!

What a beautiful serene photo! Takes you back to a time when life would have been slower paced and gentler.

Very nice its like going back in time.

like a Vermeer
excellent mage

Perfect shot

Perfect shot and beautiful work laurel!

This looks like it was taken at Green Field Village! Great Shot!

Thanks Antanas, Piddien and Christina. It was taken in Kentucky, Christina.

What an exquisite image depicting the charm and beauty of everyday activities – it reminds me so much of a Vermeer painting. The light coming in through the window is so beautiful – very inspiring work!

Thanks for your comment on my work!

Could be a painting!

Fantastic work!

Timeless image.. wonderful culture..

Wonderful composition, and excellent use of available light. Image reminds me of old oil paintings 300 years ago. I love the feel and mood of this image. Well captured composed and cropped.

Thank You for all the nice comments, mjsphotos, mtnman, Christopher, velvet eagle and Eyal. Eyal this photo is unaltered. I didn’t crop or change the photo. This is how it came out of the camera.

nice shot welldone

Laurel this is a really nice photo, great lighting and subject well done

beautiful, just excellent, well done.

beautiful…love the feel to it

Perfect! I love it!

Wonderful picture. I am sure Johannes Vermeer will be crazy to see such composition.

beautiful photograph and yes would look great in sepia also

Great image, lovely muted colours, perfect

This is just awesome

Yes. Really pleasing to the eye.

Beautiful work. A step back in time. Looks so real you’re in the picture.

This is pure magic … love the way you’ve captured the atmosphere so well!!

Very nice work..

This is super duper! Like an old postcard! Gorgeous! :)

I really like this image, except for the fact its a color image you would neve know it wasn’t the real deal. Good work and composition.

this is more then joy to look at ..nice image…..instant favorites

Laurel, what a great image..

fantastic, reminds me of Girl With A Pearl earring.

totally AWESOME congrats on feature! :):)

Congrats Laurel, for being on the Home Page! I knew this was yours, soon as I saw it there. =)
Happy 4th!

This is such a beautiful shot. Lovely light

Wonderful! Certainly tells a story.

I can’t decide if I like this or the sepia one better. What a wonderful use of light, texture, everything!

Congrats on the home page view on 4th of July! All the references to Vermeer are so true! Love this one.

Thanks for all the comments! Today started out great, to be featured on the home page!
Happy 4th of July to all!

great capture. surely out of a painting feel and i agree, sepia tone must look so nice. great work :)

Excellent piece and composition.

very nice

Great photo.

Where is this place, is it a Museum?

Thank you very much for this info Laurel, it is very interesting and definitely somewhere I would like to visit if ever I were to visit the USA. I hope they raise the funds needed to keep it open. :-)

Great work of art, destined to be a classic.

Really nicely composed and shot.

Oddly enough, and as much as I like the sepia shot, an artist of the day would have painted this using coloured oils, so the sepia version may appeal to photographic purists, but I think I prefer the subtle tones of this version.
It has an ‘old world’ feel about it that would fit right alongside ‘Whistler’s Mother’.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistler%27s_Mother

Check out the link above.

Further congratulations on making the’ home page. This, to me, means more about the history of the USA than any pic showing eagles, Uncle Sam or fireworks, in portraying the American Pioneering Spirit, so a hearty thanks for a stunning image. Well done!!!

this is so beautiful!

congratulations on making the home page -beautiful shot!!!!

is this from a film set?

This is a reinactment of the pioneer days!

This is a great photo of a pioneer theme. Really looks nice. Good work!

this is great Laurel but I like the sepia one better

The tonings are spot on! Excellent!

A beautiful image great light and colours , where was this taken please?

superb work… great tones!

Excellent lighting, brilliant image :-)

Fab

Excellent. This would also look great in sepia.

WELL…ALL THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE… I CAN ONLY ECHO THE SAME.

laurel, this is one beautiful shot! well done!!

congratulations for being in the top 10 in the history challenge!! BRAVO!!

you got my vote!!

Absolutely great shot!!!!!