Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam wrote and showed: "The first is taken on the eastern verge of the Vaca Range foothills. It's Velvia and taken with the 560 teleyt. I was attracted to the changes in color within the grasslands and there is some fundamental part of me that loves the oaks as they spread across the hillsides. I saw them first as a young boy when we visited California and after that first sight I knew this was somewhere I wanted to live. <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-July/FoothillsVacaRange.jpg> The second was taken while I was exploring an onion field that was being raised for seed. I liked the pattern. It's also Velvia but I converted it to black and white for obvious reasons. <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-July/Passerbye-OnionField.jpg>" Two fine pictures of a beautiful and underappreciated aspect of the Central Valley. I, too, love the California Oaks. They are very difficult to photograph because of the deep shade that they create. BTW my favorite "oak road" is CA 132 between Waterford and CA 49. Oliver Bryk