Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/22
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From: "Jim Brick" <jim@brick.org>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: 23 April 2002 01:59
Subject: [Leica] RE: RE: Ansel Adams on PBS TV
> The thing about Yosemite is, if you have never been there before, that, if
> you go, your sensory perception will be immediately overloaded. You feel
> like a minuscule drop in an ocean as you stand there looking at granite
> walls and domes tower thousands of feet over your head, water cascading
> down in white ribbons from numerous waterfalls.
>
> Their reflections in the Merced river pools and tiny lakes. All surrounded
> by giant Sequoia trees. The Merced meanders through a lush green valley
> which is the footing for these Granite monoliths. Tiny buildings speckle
> the valley floor, looking like grains of salt and pepper next to the
> massive granite walls.
>
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Jim,
Those two paragraphs give me as good a picture of Yosemite as
anything I've seen from Ansel Adams. If you are still dissatisfied with your
efforts to capture the spirit of Yosemite, after years of trying, maybe your
pen would serve better than a camera.
Graham
http://geebeephoto.com
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