Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, Well, your wish is being granted. I went out in the rain yesterday to shoot some waterfalls so you will be seeing more this week. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 10/7/05, Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote: > > Lovely images, its about time we had some competition to GB's > disgusting overload of English country side ;-) Keep them coming > > > On 03/10/2005, at 12:30 AM, Don Dory wrote: > > > Well, after seeing daily scenes from the overpopulated British Isles > > this > > year, I decided to see what wilderness there was in urban Atlanta. It > > seems > > that there is quite a bit, sort of. First up is a playground buried in > > the > > forest. These trees are probably 80-100 years old as that is when they > > stopped lumbar operations in Atlanta. The trees are so small because > > bedrock > > is about half a meter below the soil. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album280/playgroundII > > I liked the rock in the middle of the creek reflecting the forest > > surrounding and enclosing. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album280/rockI > > Last up for this week is a creek wandering through this urban > > wilderness. > > While the water has been slowly wearing away the bones of the earth > > history > > has passed by with little effect on what is here. You would never know > > that > > an entire civilization of Cherokee passed by, more than 7000 men died > > in the > > immediate vicinty as recently as 1864, or that 150 yard uphill a > > neighborhood of cottages and bungalows is being gentrified into > > McMansions. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album280/waterfallwide > > Many thanks to Graham for getting me into a different surrounding than > > normal. > > Enjoy, comment, shoot more pictures. > > Don > > don.dory@gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >