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Subject: [Leica] Friday's frozen roses
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Nov 3 17:32:18 2006
References: <002001c6ff9c$c3765110$6501a8c0@asus930> <454BCE53.2010506@summaventures.com>

Peter

The b&w is much more interesting to me. Great tonality.

Walt

Peter Dzwig wrote:

> I don't recall seeing one so completely frozen in daylight, either. As 
> for the speculat reflections...
>
> Peter
>
> G Hopkinson wrote:
>
>> Peter, I like the colour version very much. For my personal taste the 
>> bw is a little flat, due to the grey versions of the subtle
>> shades.
>> Quite an unusual subject, I never seen a frozen flower before. They 
>> look almost like a cake decoration. I bet it would be
>> spectacular if there was some specular lighting on the ice crystals. 
>> Or would that be almost literally gilding the lily?
>> Cheers
>> Hoppy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On 
>> Behalf Of
>> Peter Dzwig
>> Sent: Saturday, 4 November 2006 07:59
>> To: LUG@leica-users.org
>> Subject: [Leica] Friday's frozen roses
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> After a summer which has lasted until now, pretty much we are now 
>> getting the first frosts. The result is this..
>>
>> The original digital shot:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/album293/FrozenRose1200611.jpg.html
>>  
>>
>>
>> The blue cast is in large part due to the fact that the flower was in 
>> deep shade.
>>
>> The B&W version of the same; which took quite a bit of manipulation:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/album293/FrozenRose1B_amp_WV1200611.jpg.html
>>  
>>
>>
>> ignore the exif date; it's wrong!
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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