Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice use of a limited scene. One of the "tricks" in photography (which I struggle with) is finding ways to make images in less photogenic settings: here the tree is "at its least beautiful" in terms of leaves colour etc, but by playing on the contrast of the scene and having an angle to emphasize the beauty of the living branches you have made a lovely image. Cheers and Happy new year Alastair On 01/01/2007, at 3:53, Adam Bridge wrote: > Before Christmas we did a bit of a hike along the course of the Aqua > Fria River, mostly an empty water course right now but still a bit of > running water in the deepest of channels. > > I liked this tree against the deep shadows. > > <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/AquaFriaHike.jpg> > > Canon 1DsMkII with 24-70 f2.8L lens. NOT my choice of a camera to take > hiking. I need to figure a way to carry this on my back. My idea is > something that resembles how arrows are carried by bowmen so I can > reach behind me and pull it out over my shoulder. I've never seen a > rig like this, have you? > > Thanks for looking and Happy New Year to everyone! > > Adam Bridge > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information