Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think I agree with Doug. One of the things you can always count on here is that if you shoot B&W someone will swear it should be color, and if you shoot color they'll insist on B&W;^) Thanks for the pictures. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Oct 31, 2005, at 3:00 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Some very nice shots Daniel, though I can't help wondering what > some of them would have looked like in colour,e.g. the autumn > leaves on a stone. > Douglas > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > > >> A quiet week, autumn is here. I missed most of the colors when I was >> away, but there are still phases. >> >> http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/43.html >> >> Ewa and I take our week-end walks. On Saturday we went along a five >> mile trail in Sandsj?backa and on Sunday we went on another one (felt >> like 5 miles straight up, but since we came out at the same place, it >> must have come down somewhere). >> >> Sandsj?backa is walking distance from where we live. There's a word I >> don't know how to translate: kulturlandskap (culture-landscape, >> literally). It implies that nature has not just taken its course, but >> you can see signs of human existence; not necessarily building >> remains, but even open landscape (signs of cultivation) and the like. >> >> Sandsj?backa is a mixture of large expanses of open heather (grazing >> land), forests and lakes. I was away when the heather was in bloom. >> Now I just get the sun in my eyes. >> >> http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/43alt1.html >> >> The land is public, and it is now a nature preserve. But before it >> became a park, centuries before, the grazing rights had been assigned >> to farms in the vicinity. These rights cannot be revoked (unless you >> don't use them and the open landscape starts to revert to brush). >> Some >> of the farms are quite far away and modern expansion cuts them off >> >>> from the pastures. But they still use the area. >>> >> >> http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/43alt2.html >> >> I must be getting old ... no action ... >> >> Best, >> Daniel >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >