[Leica] Don's PAW Back to basics, lighting the tree

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Phillippe,
Thanks for taking a look and commenting.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 12/18/05, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>
> Although the shot seems a bit 'washed down' I do prefer 'Mary and the
> lights' out of the 3 you showed us. You caught an intimate moment
> with a good combination of blur and focus + some stopping ower due to
> the 'what does she have under her arm?' item.
> Thanks for showing, and a great ending of this year to you and yours,
> too,
> Philippe
>
>
>
>
>
> Op 18-dec-05, om 15:53 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven:
>
> > Mary came home from school this week with three priorities.  First
> > was to
> > finish a major paper for her final grade, second was to catch up on
> > sleep,
> > and third was to get our Christmas tree up and decorated.  This
> > weeks PAW is
> > really a family snapshot, but sometimes items of vast personal
> > importance
> > can be trivial.  For example, the reed organ in the background was
> > carried
> > by wagon from Connecticut to Nebraska in the 1860's and was
> > restored by
> > SWMBO's Grandfather.  The candlesticks in the background were
> > turned by my
> > father under duress from my mother who wanted two inch candles for a
> > Thanksgiving meal many years ago.  So, sometimes, trivial items of
> > little
> > meaning to outsiders are very important.
> >
> > Anyway, first up:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/maryandthelights
> >
> > Second, getting busted is sometimes fun.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/maryglares
> >
> > Last,  my personal favorite although flawed as a photograph by an
> > overly
> > bright background and a just missed focus.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/marysettinglights
> >
> > So, to all of my many friends at the LUG saloon, have a wonderful
> > end of
> > year.  Spend time with your loved ones; reflect on those departed;
> > do at
> > least one act of charity toward the undeserving; and keep pushing that
> > shutter, who knows what could happen.
> >
> > Don
> > don.dory@gmail.com
> >
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