Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:05:56 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg
Nice texture and mood photo, but I really like this one:

http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_BW.jpg

I liked that one too, but it needs more tinkering - I haven't quite
got the shading right.

I've got a few more from my trip to Mystic yesterday that I like.

Work on 'em when I've got some time.

--

"Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are."

Theodore Roosevelt.

RG's comment about black and white photos seems to be a universal
sentiment, you either love 'em or they do nothing for you. The entire
photo club membership voted on the best photos of the year last night.
Every photo that took a 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the monthly photo reviews
were included in the vote. There are always 3 categories every month.
Digital submissions (those projected on a screen), color and B&W prints.
At my table, I voted for 3 B&W photos, they all told a story or
highlighted a mood. Everyone else at my table voted for color wide
angle sunrise or sunset professional quality landscapes photos or
exceptional color photos of very interesting people or ones that told a
story of the person. The first place photo was a wide angle shot of
horses running through a mountain field and a patch of trees, with the
fog highlighting the red sunrise. I thought the photo was nice, but in
my mind, it was far from the best photo.

I didn't vote for my "artistic nude" horse, because I really didn't
think it was one of the best. It tied for 3rd place for the year, there
were enough people who like a different B&W image to give my over
photo-shopped horse a 3rd place over the other 108 submissions. With
about 60 people voting for their top 3 photos out of 108 submissions,
the first place photos, only had about 15 votes. I really don't know
how many votes my photo had, but it was enough for a 3rd.

As I said, I really take photos I like, but it is a plus when someone
else likes them.

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:05:56 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg
Nice texture and mood photo, but I really like this one:

http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_BW.jpg

I forgot to mention - those images are of the Nappatree Beach Dune
Restoration project - Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

When they first started the project 6 years ago, the dune I was
standing on top of didn't even exist - it was just a small mound.

Now, it's damn near forty feet high. In theory, they are moving right
down the beach with this project restoring them to what they used to
be 100 years ago.

It's working so far.

--

"Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are."

Theodore Roosevelt.

Since the southeastern beach resorts are newer than the northern beach
resorts, most of them have small boardwalks over the dunes to protect
them. They are really necessary to protect the ecology, but they are
also beautiful. Sand Dunes also remind me of a carnal encounter as a
college student. I really can't remember who she was, but I still have
great memories of my time in a secluded sand dune.

On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 05:32:02 -0700, "RG" wrote:


I forgot to mention - those images are of the Nappatree Beach Dune
Restoration project - Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

When they first started the project 6 years ago, the dune I was
standing on top of didn't even exist - it was just a small mound.

Now, it's damn near forty feet high. In theory, they are moving right
down the beach with this project restoring them to what they used to
be 100 years ago.

It's working so far.

Do we have wormsign?

ROTFL!!!

No - no worm sign.

No Spice either dammit. :)

--

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that
a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes
that it will also make better soup."

H.L. Mencken

On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:25:40 -0500, JohnH
wrote:

On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:55:33 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:02:35 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 5, 6:53*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg

shadows of a picket fence against a sand dune?

Cretin.

It's certainly better than a certain picture of a guy impersonating
one of the GEICO cave man guys.

That wasn't Moses after his trip up the mountain?

Damn, learn something new every day.

Tim knows what I'm talking about.

And it wasn't Moses - it was strictly Neanderthal like. :)

--

"Far better it is to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs even though
checkered by failure, than to rank with
those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor
suffer much because they live in the gray
twilight that knows neither victory nor
defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt

On Dec 6, 5:55*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:02:35 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 5, 6:53*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg

shadows of a picket fence against a sand dune?

Cretin.

It's certainly better than a certain picture of a guy impersonating
one of the GEICO cave man guys.
--

Happy Holidays and Merry Whatever It Is
That ****es Liberals Off.

impersonating???

Do we have wormsign?

ROTFL!!!

No - no worm sign.

No Spice either dammit. :)

--

"He who controls the Spice controls the universe".

On Dec 6, 6:59*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:



On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:05:56 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg
Nice texture and mood photo, but I really like this one:

http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_BW.jpg

*I forgot to mention - those images are of the Nappatree Beach Dune
Restoration project - Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

When they first started the project 6 years ago, the dune I was
standing on top of didn't even exist - it was just a small mound.

Now, it's damn near forty feet high. *In theory, they are moving right
down the beach with this project restoring them to what they used to
be 100 years ago.

It's working so far.

--

"Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are."

Theodore Roosevelt.

Since the southeastern beach resorts are newer than the northern beach
resorts, most of them have small boardwalks over the dunes to protect
them. *They are really necessary to protect the ecology, but they are
also beautiful. *Sand Dunes also remind me of a carnal encounter as a
college student. *I really can't remember who she was, but I still have
great memories of my time in a secluded sand dune.

ala Summer of '42?

On Dec 6, 7:00*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 05:32:02 -0700, "RG" wrote:

I forgot to mention - those images are of the Nappatree Beach Dune
Restoration project - Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

When they first started the project 6 years ago, the dune I was
standing on top of didn't even exist - it was just a small mound.

Now, it's damn near forty feet high. *In theory, they are moving right
down the beach with this project restoring them to what they used to
be 100 years ago.

It's working so far.

Do we have wormsign?

ROTFL!!!

No - no worm sign.

No Spice either dammit. *:)

concubines?

RG's comment about black and white photos seems to be a universal
sentiment, you either love 'em or they do nothing for you.

That's absolutely true. It's typically a strong personal preference. When
I look at a black & white photograph, I usually, but not always, will wonder
what it would look like in color. Conversely, when I look at a color
photograph, I never wonder what it would look like in black & white.
However, there are exceptions. I thought your horse photograph was perfect
for black & white, and I never asked myself the color question on that one.
I thought lack & white was the natural choice for that image. That doesn't
happen very often for me. Tom, on the other hand, has a strong calling
toward grayscale images. Different strokes, it's all good.

Tim wrote:
On Dec 6, 6:59 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:



On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:05:56 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg
Nice texture and mood photo, but I really like this one:
http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_BW.jpg
I forgot to mention - those images are of the Nappatree Beach Dune
Restoration project - Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
When they first started the project 6 years ago, the dune I was
standing on top of didn't even exist - it was just a small mound.
Now, it's damn near forty feet high. In theory, they are moving right
down the beach with this project restoring them to what they used to
be 100 years ago.
It's working so far.
--
"Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are."
Theodore Roosevelt.
Since the southeastern beach resorts are newer than the northern beach
resorts, most of them have small boardwalks over the dunes to protect
them. They are really necessary to protect the ecology, but they are
also beautiful. Sand Dunes also remind me of a carnal encounter as a
college student. I really can't remember who she was, but I still have
great memories of my time in a secluded sand dune.

ala Summer of '42?

Si Senor.