Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Don's PAW #18 Reflecrting Pool
From: Roger Skully <robinsnes@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 16:38:04 -0400

On 5/10/03 8:37 PM, "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote:

> This week brings us to the top of a granite monolith.  Stone Mountain is the
> most famous in Georgia but a few miles away is another one, Mt. Arabia.  I
> have always loved the little pools that form on the top of these
> outcroppings.  It was only when I acquired the 21 SA that I could do them
> justice.  Why? Because for the most part these things are only a few feet in
> diameter and become insignificant with longer lenses.  For that matter, with
> a lens that doesn't let you focus very close.  This image was conceived as a
> hyperfocal shot with the closest focus at a little over 20 inches.  The
> black spec's in the foreground are new tadpoles that are only one or two mm
> long.  The shots where the tadpoles were sharp didn't work as well as the
> trees go fuzzy.
> 
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1483255
> 
> Comments always welcome.
> 
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
> 
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I really like the image and the black and white tones. I feel it needs
something in the foreground on the left rather than the right? Just my
thoughts on a very good image. Congratulations.
Roger

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Robinšs Nest Photography
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