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Texas Music's Pride & Joy
SandyP


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Collection: San Antonio
Date Uploaded: Feb 4, 2007

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Comments: 26
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 This is Gruene Hall (pronounced Green). Nestled in the heart of a very charming, old-timey town just north of San Antonio. People love to come here and shop, eat, stroll around -- or go inner tubing or swimming in the Guadalupe River just behind the town. There's antique shops, a soda fountain, restaurants where you can sit on decks built around enormous oak trees and watch the river rage by. It's such a fun place to be.

Gruene Hall is everyone's favorite. It's "the" place to go in Gruene. It's kind of a famous old dance hall that hosts the Texas greats like Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker.

Here's a picture of the river running right behind and alongside of Gruene.



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 02/16/2013 06:15:34 PM
I am so glad we went to see this. My shots didn't come out this well.
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 08/16/2012 11:42:13 AM
I would definitely love to see this. Very nice shot.
 02/18/2007 02:40:59 PM
lovely. the colours work very well, and the diffuse light is great. well done.
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 02/11/2007 12:20:37 AM
Hey! I didn't see this one before, but I love it! The colors are wonderful!
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 02/08/2007 04:11:57 PM
Hey, I know that place! It's also a great place to start and end a bike ride. What kind of processing did you do? I really like the softness on the building, and that's a great angle to shoot this with the flowers in the foreground. Definitely one of my favorite places to visit and shoot.
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 02/07/2007 10:20:51 PM
I LOVE this! The light is fantastic and I love the soft feel. Great composition!!
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 02/07/2007 01:44:27 PM
Nice compositional blend of fine details in the flower bed with a strong solid background that's artfully dodged. The Texas Chamber of Commerce is going to wonder why the tourist traffic is so high this year.
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 02/07/2007 01:13:35 PM
Yet another great image Sandy! Love the effects. Bet this would look just a good in B/W too.
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 02/05/2007 01:18:24 PM
This has a great romantic feel to it.
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 02/05/2007 07:37:48 AM
Really nice choice of angles here, and wonderful view of the Hall; if I'm not mistaken, one of my favorite artists - Stevie Ray Vaughn - played there at least a few times (I'm trying to remember if this was one of his regular haunts, but my memory's not good enough to remember right now).
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 02/05/2007 04:46:23 AM
hi sandy ... you leave the nicest comments bye the way ... thank you ..
i was trying to find where i left off commenting in the 30 day thread and saw this as a thumb and just had to open it ..
absolutely love everything you've done with this including that wide border ... love the warm tones and the way you've composed your photograph ... just excellent ...
now i'll go back to the thread and try and find my last comment ... :)
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 02/04/2007 11:15:33 PM
I just love this photo.
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 02/04/2007 06:00:58 PM
Great image. Nicely balanced and well done as a postcard style.
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 02/04/2007 05:05:48 PM
Yeah...the frame makes the picture stand out. Sounds like a nice place.
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 02/04/2007 04:34:07 PM
I've never been a fan of borders, but I honestly like how you incorporate them. I might even try one or two now, you're converting me.
I'm sure it's the skill of the creator. The entire image is magnificent. Great job.
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 02/04/2007 03:39:58 PM
This is really beautiful. I love the colors and tones in this shot. Very inviting!
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 02/04/2007 03:00:11 PM
I love the bright splashes of color from the flowers up front. Has an old west type of feel with the pp effects you used.
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 02/04/2007 02:53:42 PM
What a beautiful treatment for this image. Just LOVELY.
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 02/04/2007 01:57:06 PM
i like the borders. thats something else i need to learn to do
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 02/04/2007 01:49:17 PM
Cool looking place. I wonder if it was a "Grange" hall a long time ago? Beautiful the way you have photographed it with the garden in the foreground.
It stands out to me that it has no shutters or awnings of any kind. Is that a common feature of local building style?

Message edited by author 2007-02-04 13:50:42.
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 02/04/2007 12:34:37 PM
Just perfect! I love it.
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 02/04/2007 12:31:54 PM
It looks very relaxing and warm. It's 7 outside with 30mph winds. Nice colors.
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 02/04/2007 10:53:21 AM
Great composition on this.
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 02/04/2007 10:36:25 AM
I loved this place! The dance hall was great. It was right off the guadalope river if I remember right. The best part of it was that it is pronounced "Green". I guess because it is German. Nice frame and I love the plants.
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 02/04/2007 10:33:17 AM
Love the all the colour from the flowers, looks like a brill place to go and visit. The soft editing makes the wood on the hall look great.
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 02/04/2007 10:32:38 AM
Awesome pic, Sandy. It would make an excellent postcard for the Gruene Chamber of Commerce. That is GREAT
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