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Subject: [Leica] A not really Friday flower selection
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun Oct 1 06:44:29 2006
References: <007701c6e420$063faac0$6501a8c0@asus930> <451DC923.4040507@gmx.de> <6F844869-6FFA-495D-A15F-227F91E6FBE8@mindspring.com>

Thanks for looking Ric
Douglas

Ric Carter wrote:
> WOW!
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> ric
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>
> On Sep 29, 2006, at 9:32 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> The wonderful flower shots this Friday made me think of some stuff I 
>> did 18 months or so ago, working on a commissioned project for a 
>> high-end audio concern over here in Germany. All rather formal and 
>> posed indoors on my desk, some with rather a lot of PS work to try 
>> and match the ideas that the company had great difficulty putting 
>> across - either that, or I was just too dense to comprehend what  
>> they wanted.
>>
>> Here are some of the ideas that were left over - some of you may have 
>> seen some of them before - some of you may not.
>>
>> Blue Iris - one of this series was selected by Lindemann for their 
>> website, flyers, brochures etc  see http://www.lindemann-audio.de/en/
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Iris_3.jpg.html
>>  
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Iris_1.jpg.html
>>  
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>> The rejects, and the reasons for rejection
>> Rejected straight away - they decided they wanted flowers
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/MG_1485_edited_3.jpg.html
>>  
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>> Muscari - the colour was right , the flower wasn't
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/MG_1307_Full_cropped_edited_3.jpg.html
>>  
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>> A Pussy-willow bud - too wiry, or too airy
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Furry.jpg.html
>>  
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/MG_1261_edited_2.jpg.html
>>  
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>> White Calla Lily - was in the running for a while, but the owner's 
>> wife wanted blue
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Calla_2.jpg.html
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Calla_4.jpg.html
>>  
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>> A  glass of flowers - this was something the webmaster liked but the 
>> company didn't
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Regina_1.jpg.html
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>> Lisianthus - too pale, too rose-like
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Lisianthus_2.jpg.html
>>  
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>> Pieris -  too much detail, distracted from the product page, not blue
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/MG_1146_edited_2.jpg.html
>>  
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>> Lily - too extravagant
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/White_Lily_2.jpg.html
>>  
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Yello_Lily_2.jpg.html
>>  
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>> Strelitzia - too alien, too colourful
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Regina_1.jpg.html
>>  
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/Regina_2.jpg.html
>>  
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>> Creeping Phlox - almost the right blue, but too simple and boring
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/MG_1285_crop_rotate_edited_3.jpg.html
>>  
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>>
>> Thanks to all of you for showing yours, I hope you like some of these.
>> Douglas
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Friday Flowers 1 & 2)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] A not really Friday flower selection)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] A not really Friday flower selection)