Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice channelling Adams. Did you imagine the holes left by his tripod? I did when I visited Yosemite a few years ago :-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 19 Sep 2017, at 11:23, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> > wrote: > > I'm back from a 10-day trip to the Southwest: Austin, Texas for a family > event, and the area around Santa Fe, New Mexico to visit friends and see > the sights. A highlight of the trip was a visit to the Taos Pueblo. It's > a Native American village constructed of adobe which claims to be the > oldest continuously populated settlement in the U.S. It's existed for > about 900 years. It feels like a time warp to the distant past, with the > present intruding here and there. There's no electricity, but there are > pickup trucks. Photography for personal use is allowed, with some > challenges. Many areas are off limits. One must ask permission to > photograph the residents if they are closer than background. And the place > is packed with tourists, who are often where you don't want them, and not > where you do. I pressed the shutter button anyway. > > Here are a few scenes from the Pueblo. More to come. > > I loved the shadows cast by the ramada in front of this house. I couldn't > decide whether I liked B&W or color better, so you tell me. Here's both: > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/36507080583/in/dateposted-public/> > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/37147968892/in/dateposted-public/> > > Here's a view from the courtyard of iconic St. Jerome's church: > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/36507080703/in/dateposted-public/> > > And the church itself: > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/37320922425/in/dateposted-public/> > > Ansel Adams was here at least twice, in 1929 and 1942. The church has > changed a lot since he first photographed it. Twin bell towers and a > balcony have been added and the courtyard paved with flagstones. And Ansel > waited until the light was illuminating the walls obliquely, bringing out > the texture. My wife and friends would not stand for that... > <https://www.moma.org/collection/works/44334> > > Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7. Enjoy! > --Peter > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >