Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com>wrote: >Greetings to all. I took out one of my older lenses and tried to shoot a >bit differently. This lens is a bit soft so we will see a more emotional >image group. First we take a wider view of a grove of trees: >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Soft+version+of+a+grove.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Soft+version+of+a+grove.jpg.html> >Stopped down a bit: >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/palm+trees+don_t+respond+well+to+cold+weather.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/palm+trees+don_t+respond+well+to+cold+weather.jpg.html> >Taking a somewhat shorter view of some live oaks out in the suburbs, this >is still in the black prairie so the trees are pretty healthy: >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/live+oaks+in+the+suburbs.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/live+oaks+in+the+suburbs.jpg.html> >Remembering what it was like to be young, on summer break and lying on the >ground looking at clouds: >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/daydreaming.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/daydreaming.jpg.html> >Central Texas sky while waiting for SWAMBO to finish shopping: >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/trees+lights+clouds.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/trees+lights+clouds.jpg.html> >We finish with a wide shot of a walker in a nearby park: >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/walk+in+the+park.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/walk+in+the+park.jpg.html> >All the best. -- >Don ===================================================================================================== I like slightly diffused nature shots sometimes, so I appreciate these. I always found Ansel Adams to be too "cold", since everything was so sharp. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amagayneroshak at gmail.com <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt