Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 23, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Steve Barbour showed: > > Subject: [Leica] Christmas visit... > > > >>>> I visited a tiny cemetary nearby, as I sometimes do before >>>> Christmas... > > I find it's good for keeping things in perspective... > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/paw2008/wreath_001.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/paw2008/pester.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/paw2008/small.jpg.html <<< > > > > Hi Steve, > > Very interesting, as I've done that in the past quite often. It's > surprising > the story telling photos that can come while quietly walking about and > observing the many "little things" that make beautiful photographs. > > I've found the best time is when it's soft overcast light. Or as I > discovered one day on Cape Cod in the fog and it was wonderful. It > created a > kind of ethereal effect, not ghostly, most emotional where I found a > very > small USA flag beside a stone marker to a fallen soldier from a war > long > ago. Quite moving actually. > > > > I'll see if I can find it and post it later. thanks Ted...please do if you find it. It was very cloudy, and actually drizzling, as seen in one of the three photos here... best, Steve > > > ted > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information