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Subject: [Leica] What's with all these... FLOWERS
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:15:12 -0700
References: <CAF8hL-G6GnCa_LAS-Xm6JGAQ3ehoE9QTjiRv7dYZSxVS_PEOpQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFfkXxti7-NPK=6o4y+Lmkt14Nfj59xCUOUqeiwqn2yRswB8aA@mail.gmail.com>

You started it, you get a "Go" pass, but I would hate to see everyone turns
to flowers. Not that it's easy of course, but...

(not that I am a list ghod or something, everyone is of course free to do
whatever they want...)



On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> To answer your question, I don't know why everyone else shoots flowers. For
> me it is the "chase."  I usually shoot either Thursday evening or Friday
> morning the week I post.  I never use macro gear, and always shoot "in the
> wild."  (I take that back, twice I shot inside because of weather.)
>
> I started Friday Flowers on the Archivists list after I got an assignment
> for Louisiana Life Magazine featuring Hodges Gardens. It was popular there,
> so I started sharing with the Leica list, and soon others joined in.
>
> For me it is more about the photography than the flowers; since I live in a
> place where I can find them year-round, it makes for an easy assignment to
> keep me shooting.
>
> I have not missed a week since I started about six years ago, and only
> twice
> have I posted from stock, and that was when I had knee replacement surgery.
> The third week, I walked down the street to shoot some spider lilies.
>
> Usually, I  shoot with prime lenses, mostly with a Summicron 35 on the M8,
> but lately with a 40mm DA Pentax ltd lens. I wish it fit my M8.
>
> I do shoot other subjects and try to post often, and I look at nearly every
> picture posted here.
>
> You can see back issues here:
> <http://www.sonc.com/friday/index.html>
> www.sonc.com/friday/index.html
>
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> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Richard Man <richard at 
> richardmanphoto.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I know about the Friday flowers, but this is a Leica list, ne? And Leica
> > generally don't do flowers right? Unless it's a Visoflex or R, or may be
> > nowadays an S2. In any case, go challenge Jim or Lluis, don't let them
> > monopolize the non-flower pics :-) I want to see Occupy Starbucks
> pictures!
> >
> > (spoken by the person who has not picked up a camera in 5 days due to
> > having
> > to catch up with work.... Soon... soon)
> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >
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>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
>
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-- 
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] What's with all these... FLOWERS)
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