Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/16

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Subject: [Leica] Photos at Putah Creek Restoration Area
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sat Apr 16 17:23:14 2005
References: <4cfa589b0504161340740ead6a@mail.gmail.com> <BE86EC95.20BFF%telyt@earthlink.net>

Thanks for looking and taking the time to see and respond, Doug.

I take your point on the thistle - i'd have needed the tripod to get
the shot. I did a few other angles. Mostly in this one I was drawn to
the purples and the almost luminous quality that was happening. I
could literally see it from thirty feet away!

I tried a few alternate crops on the oats but the square version
wasn't satisfactory. I could actually REMOVE the offending pods but
the idea, frankly, offends me. It's like removing power lines - I can
do it but doing it feels wrong.

Best,

Adam

On 4/16/05, Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> on 4/16/05 1:40 PM, Adam Bridge at abridge@gmail.com wrote:
> > These are wild oats.
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/04/16/_L3U1770.jpg>
> >
> > I happen to really like the colors in the background.
> >
> 
> I like the BG colors too, they compliment the color of the oats' outer
> sheath well.  The one thing that spoils it for me is the one out-of-focus
> oat in the lower left, otherwise I'd say it was just right.
> 
> > This is an artichoke thistle - beautiful but the spines are sharp and
> > they are nasty invasive that even goats won't eat.
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/04/16/_L3U1766.jpg>
> >
> 
> IMHO too much separation between the purples and the greens of the spiny
> leaves if that's what they are.  It's hard to see the relationship between
> them, and w/o that relationship I don't know what the purple has to do with
> the rest of the picture.  You know I'm being picky, don't you?
> 
> > While photographing some grass fronds I came up way too close to this
> > monster. I don't know what it is, I don't WANT to know. I have a thing
> > about these beasties, but I did a few shots anyway. I'm glad I don't
> > look too closely at what's in the grass!
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/04/16/_L3U1784-crp.jpg>
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/04/16/_L3U1790-crp.jpg>
> 
> An arachnid of some kind...  I like your use of colors in these two.  The
> arachnid is the only non-green thing in the pictures, which helps it stand
> out, yet it's not out of place as the purple of the thistle seems to be
> because I can see the arachnid is using the green plants.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com


In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Photos at Putah Creek Restoration Area)
Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] Photos at Putah Creek Restoration Area)