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Subject: [Leica] IMG: El Capitan
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 20:19:03 -0500
References: <CAAsXt4NAnog5sA1=eRK5k3_zrGWGBAc91cAa2Gpu=d2cmbvCEw@mail.gmail.com> <8FBF3788-C229-41A7-892C-95FC22878B8D@frozenlight.eu> <CAAsXt4OwSqiZvCYWK=x3RZ7oxEy_BtS+9xCVv=4_W-D9n0WN6w@mail.gmail.com> <AEF2228F-0C3D-421C-9D4C-AF9FEF8C1360@gmail.com> <CAFfkXxuMZ8F0KJ6b9QZLkKZK=5UVbPM81q+SEKQ4e8+9ZdL2XA@mail.gmail.com> <638526AB-07B3-4EA1-8A91-A01120BF4715@gmail.com> <CA+yJO1BN4ctDd0b=ckkweub=LMmVPzPuRmcpZ-tdG_Ga_SHiVw@mail.gmail.com>

For me, it is not even close.  The first is my clear winner with the
grasses' circular textures drawing us on, the clouds pointing in and the
new green; just breathtaking.
http://www.getdpi.com/forum/members/rga/albums/alpa-images/6685-el-capitan-transitions.jpg

The second image has several elements that puts the brakes on my eye in the
composition, like the fallen tree, the branch pointing up, and the mass of
the tree.
http://www.getdpi.com/forum/members/rga/albums/alpa-images/6686-behind-tree.jpg


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> I like the first one best.  The dramatic sky and the one red tree stand
> out.  I like the waterfall on the second one, but the tree is distracting.
>  JMHO, YMMV!!
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Sonny,
> > Thanks. Big is possible: it's a HUGE file. A stitch of four exposures (2
> > rows of 2 shifts each).
> > If I could impose again, which of these two do you prefer (kind of like
> > being at the optometrist!)?
> > >>
> >
> http://www.getdpi.com/forum/members/rga/albums/alpa-images/6685-el-capitan-transitions.jpg
> >
> >
> > Or
> >
> >
> http://www.getdpi.com/forum/members/rga/albums/alpa-images/6686-behind-tree.jpg
> >
> > Others please also chime in. There's a print competition and I can't
> > decide between the two...
> > Thank you,
> > Bob
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Apr 3, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > The thing I love most about Spring in Louisiana is the interplay of the
> > new
> > > greens showing in the hardwoods and grasses among the older dark
> > > evergreens.
> > > The Kisatchie Hills may seem nothing to compare with El Capitan, but it
> > is
> > > that color that makes me love this place, and I just know I'd feel the
> > same
> > > there.
> > >
> > > If I had a picture like that, I'd make a BIG print of it, and I think
> I'd
> > > put it in the bathroom so I could look at it a little while every day.
> > ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Lluis Ripoll <
> > > lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Great picture Bob! for me B&W, for sure!
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Lluis
> > >>
> > >>> El 03/04/2014, a las 20:11, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>
> escribi?:
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks Nathan.
> > >>> Which do you prefer? The color:
> > >>
> >
> http://www.getdpi.com/forum/members/rga/albums/alpa-images/6685-el-capitan-transitions.jpg
> > >>>
> > >>> or the BW
> > >>
> >
> http://www.rgaphoto.com/2014-03-Yos/content/Pano-ElCapBW-MASTER_large.html
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for your opinion (and others if so inclined!).
> > >>> Bob
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Nathan Wajsman <
> photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Wow again! Even though my son is on the other coast now, I certainly
> > >> hope
> > >>>> to revisit to your part of the world some time soon.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Cheers,
> > >>>> Nathan
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On 30 Mar 2014, at 18:51, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Very dry in Yosemite Valley; sad to see at the start of spring...
> > >>>>> The clouds helped...
> > >>
> >
> http://www.getdpi.com/forum/members/rga/albums/alpa-images/6685-el-capitan-transitions.jpg
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> C&C always appreciated.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Equip: Alpa Max, 32mm HR Rodenstock, tilt, two rows with two
> > horizontal
> > >>>>> shifts each, stitched. Flavored to taste...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>> Bob Adler
> > >>>>>
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> > >>>
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Sonny
> > > http://sonc.com/look/
> > > Natchitoches, Louisiana
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> > >
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>
>
>
> --
> Tina Manley
> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


In reply to: Message from rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler) ([Leica] IMG: El Capitan)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: El Capitan)
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