Stephen Hopkins at the Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA.

Ask him an he'll tell you all about his travels from England to the colonies, about the war in Europe that has now lasted for 9 years (this photo is from 1627) with no end in sight and the freedom of religion that is everything but in this New World.

Wonderful actors greet the visitors at the Plimoth Plantation and confuse many with their staying in character at all cost.

I'll add a lot of indoor shots in the coming days, taken in the small homes of the settlers that are essentially completely dark with only a few openings or windows on one side of the building.

The image is a full frame shot, taken with available light (ISO1600,F2.8,1/80s) with basically no photoshop editing applied. Only small contrast adjustments and the standard sharpening has been applied. In particular, that hanging dried rose on the right really is that earth colored gray...