Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gentlemen ,gentlemen, please really! :-) FLOWERS, SHARLOWERS??????????? Do you know what????????? I don't give a flying hoop what everybody shoots simply because.... AT LEAST THE POSTERS ARE SHOOTING SOMETHING "THEY ENJOY PLAYING WITH!" :-) A really quick answer to correct this is in one of the following if you please. Thank you. A/ Join them and have fun & creativity of flower results!" :-) B/ Delete every flower image before you open it! :-) Saves an extreme amount of mental anguish! :-) See how easy it is????? NOW GET OVER IT AND LETS NOT HAVE SUCH SILLY BICKERING! THANK YOU! cheers, Dr. ted.... ;-) And take 2 aspirin at 10 a.m. tomorrow! ;-) Or make two flower photos whichever gives the greatest relief! :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] What's with all these... FLOWERS > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information