Beautiful! Love the wide open spaces. Also, the last picture of John Wayne is like I’ve never seen him before. Really shows the range of his acting ability.
The “Injuns” quote is a wake-up call for how soft we’ve become since the cowboy days. Nowadays we’re the more like the feckless Injuns than like our pioneer ancestors.
On the second from last in that series of pictures, I couldn’t accurately capture his eyes in the shot.
He has blue eyes, and in that part of the movie I took the shot from, they literally glow blue, almost translucent for a split second or so. I found the effect to be a powerful one.
There were tough people back in those days. Yes...we are very soft in comparison. It reminds me of that verse from somewhere:
Hard times create strong men,
Strong men create good times,
Good times create weak men,
Weak men create hard times.
I hope we aren’t at the last line, but I suspect we are.