Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Vince. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Passaro" <passaro.vince at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Another Dogwood > This shot is very beautiful and subtly so as George says; worthy of an 800 > year old Japanese poem. I'll look around for the right one. > > Anyone know the Kurasawa movie (with T. Mifune, set in samurai era, Kyoto > I > believe) where the key signal involves putting all the cherry blossoms in > the little stream and having them float under a wall from one house's > garden > into the next, where they'll be seen? There's this amazing extended shot > of > all these blossoms floating along -- it's one of those Kurasawa black and > white shots that makes you taste the color you know is there. This pic > reminded me of that. > > V > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Jim Nichols > <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > >> George, those are very kind words. Thanks, a lot! >> >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" >> <imagist3 at mac.com> >> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:16 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Another Dogwood >> >> >> Compositionally I see this as your finest bloom photo. >>> (and I'm talking about composition of form, color and tone) >>> It speaks of far more subtle phenomena than just the species. >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> On Apr 13, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >>> >>> Continuing with dogwoods, while they last, I took a different >>> approach, >>>> using a tele at minimum focus distance. This is a red or pink >>>> dogwood, >>>> depending on which reference one uses. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Red+Dogwood+2.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Oly E-1 with Pentax Takumar 200/4.0, ISO 200, RAW >>>> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >