Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, Thanks for taking a look and commenting. The rock is actually a reflection in a still part of a creek. I may have to return with a longer lens to emphasis more of what I wanted to convey. I used a 50 on this shot, and a 90 or 135 might work better. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 10/3/05, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > > Don - I like the first and third a lot. In the second one I can't > really tell what I'm looking at. Is that a jagged piece of rock > jutting through the trunk of a tree? Is the whole image a reflection? > > Thanks. > > > >Well, after seeing daily scenes from the overpopulated British Isles this > >year, I decided to see what wilderness there was in urban Atlanta. It > seems > >that there is quite a bit, sort of. First up is a playground buried in > the > >forest. These trees are probably 80-100 years old as that is when they > >stopped lumbar operations in Atlanta. The trees are so small because > bedrock > >is about half a meter below the soil. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album280/playgroundII > > I liked the rock in the middle of the creek reflecting the forest > >surrounding and enclosing. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album280/rockI > > Last up for this week is a creek wandering through this urban > wilderness. > >While the water has been slowly wearing away the bones of the earth > history > >has passed by with little effect on what is here. You would never know > that > >an entire civilization of Cherokee passed by, more than 7000 men died in > the > >immediate vicinty as recently as 1864, or that 150 yard uphill a > >neighborhood of cottages and bungalows is being gentrified into > McMansions. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album280/waterfallwide > > Many thanks to Graham for getting me into a different surrounding than > >normal. > > Enjoy, comment, shoot more pictures. > > Don > >don.dory@gmail.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Regards, > > Dick > Boston MA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >