Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For someone who does not do landscapes you sure know your way around a camera. These are very beautiful "portraits of a landscape". I say that because you have breathed life into this area around your home. I know that my comments do not help you to improve, but I can honestly say that, althought I have my favourites, ALL of them are spot-on. I felt a sense of calm in your images that caused me to revisit many of them a few times. Congratulations. Rob Phong wrote: > My house is just over the side of the pond in this PAW. > The area was hit with a snow storm (nothing major) on Friday. > I went out a few times to get the fresh snow. All photos are > less than 1 mile from my house, the photos of the pond were > all taken within 10 feet. The orchard is 1/4 of a mile away. > And yet, this is _not_ the essence of where I live. > > This series is also a bit unusual for me in that I don't often do > landscape or nature photography. I had GeeBee in mind > when taking some of these photos, and try to include more of > the sky (the clouds, boss, the clouds :-)), but in the end gave up. > We just don't have those English clouds around here. (See > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/sywell_37.html for what I mean) > I also tried a couple of panoramic crops, not my usual style. > (Actually, to get rid of the empty sky above :-) ) > > In any case, of my own photos in this series, my favorite is: > http://www.pbase.com/image/8512664 > If I had to choose an alternate: > http://www.pbase.com/image/8512800 > But I am very bad at editing my own photos. I would greatly appreciate > if you could take a look at the rest at > http://www.pbase.com/phong/nagog_pond > and give me your frank opinion for what works, and what doesn't. > As always, comments, good and bad are welcome. > Equipment: Canon digital SLR (D30), with Canon and Leica lenses. > > Opine away. Thanks ! > > - Phong > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- __________________________________ Rob Heyman M.Photog 32 Binyara Street CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 __________________________________ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html