Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Other than some grass growing in the vacant lots, this is about the only new plant growth I saw. http://www.400tx.com/9th-83.html They looked like two enormous heads of lettuce or cabbage. You can get some idea of their size from the gas meter next to the one on the left. The leaves look sort of like elephant ears, but they were rounded like cabbage or lettuce. But about 50 times bigger. I'll try to work the dates in. I have a record of when each was shot. I can put something in the footer that says something along the lines of "January 21. 2006" followed by something like "5 months after Katrina". Thanks for the suggestions. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Eric Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:56 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Another 50 9th Ward Images Daniel: >One suggestion. By your correspondence on the list, we know that these >have been taken a long time after the event. That time element is part >of the message in these pictures. They tell a different story if they >were taken a week after the hurricane or months after. > >I kept trying to think ... how can that time element be worked in? I second Daniel's suggestion. Very good idea. Would it be too subtle or too cliche to show new growth and flowers budding in contrast to the rubble? Probably wouldn't want to go overboard on that. Might want to revisit some of the sites and include something that indicates the season. Sort of an extended time lapse. -- Eric http://canid.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information