Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This time of year the cherry trees are blossoming in the Quad on the U-Dub campus.? The quad is surrounded by some of the older buildings on campus and for a week or so it is transformed as these 100+ year old cherry trees burst forth to herald spring. Everyone walks around with smiles on their faces, even if they are getting a "D" in Economics or Chemistry. On Monday I went over the pass to visit the Quad for the first time in years (decades?).? I was surprised to find the U-District has a week long festival going on with sales and vendors all about, but I avoided that area and just visited the Quad and the trees and remembered my time there as a student. Here is the album of photos but I will point out a few below. Seattle UW | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/albums/72177720315622297/> Hope you enjoy them.? Most are with the Q3. In my days there, people would sit around with a good book, or maybe a text book, and relax and enjoy the rare sunny day in Seattle.? Things have changed just a bit. UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-6980.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53605917333/in/album-72177720315622297/> UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001333.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53604829497/in/album-72177720315622297/> I attempted a few things with some of the photos.? Like a few I posted a few months back, I tried to turn the clarity all the way down in Lightroom for a sort of dreamy effect and thought it might work with a few of these shots, too.? Here are some pairs with and without the effect. The music building: UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001340.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53606176665/in/album-72177720315622297/> UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001340-2.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53605711921/in/album-72177720315622297/> A walkway: UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001334.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53604830227/in/album-72177720315622297/> UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001334-2.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53606046534/in/album-72177720315622297/> And one more low clarity shot without the normal shot UW Quad Cherry Blossoms-1001336-2.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at N06/53606048144/in/album-72177720315622297/> Comments welcome. Aram -- Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson