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Subject: [Leica] A not really Friday flower selection
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri Sep 29 21:02:10 2006
References: <007701c6e420$063faac0$6501a8c0@asus930> <451DC923.4040507@gmx.de>

WOW!

ric


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
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> Iris_1.jpg.html
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> A Pussy-willow bud - too wiry, or too airy
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> Furry.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> MG_1261_edited_2.jpg.html
>
> 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
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> Calla_4.jpg.html
>
> 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
>
> Lisianthus - too pale, too rose-like
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> Lisianthus_2.jpg.html
>
> 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
>
> Lily - too extravagant
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> White_Lily_2.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> Yello_Lily_2.jpg.html
>
> Strelitzia - too alien, too colourful
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> Regina_1.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/album150/ 
> Regina_2.jpg.html
>
> 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
>
> Thanks to all of you for showing yours, I hope you like some of these.
> Douglas
>
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