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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg I like it technically, but...it doesn't seem to go anywhere. BTW, while you were snoozing, I popped open the trunk of your car and got this beauty: http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/52b86fbf.jpg (Oh...for the rec.boats idiots...no, I'm just funning SW.) |
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg Cool. The shadows make the sand look terraced. I don't share your affection for black & white, but I love the composition. RG |
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:05:58 -0700, "RG" wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg Cool. The shadows make the sand look terraced. I don't share your affection for black & white, but I love the composition. One color and one conversion. http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_BW.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_CLR.jpg -- Happy Holidays and Merry Whatever It Is That ****es Liberals Off. |
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On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:53:33 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg It's very cool, too bad about the zebra. |
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On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:02:41 -0500, Boater
wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg I like it technically, but...it doesn't seem to go anywhere. Thank you - appreciate it. BTW, while you were snoozing, I popped open the trunk of your car and got this beauty: http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/52b86fbf.jpg That's not too far from reality except for all the cameras - I only carry a video camera, a Canon PnS and the E-300 - with lenses, true. :) However, there is also a full rain suit, some heavy towels, two thermal blanets, my EMS jump kit, a pair of binoculars, one handheld VHF, a laser range finder, two hundred feet of 3/8" double braid with harness/three rove block&tackle, 30' 6500 lb tow strap, manual inflate PFD, standard PFD, a folding survival shovel and six MRIs - vegetarian along with a gallon of water, fire starters and two butane lighters. Can you tell I used to be Captain of the Rescue Squad? :) You never know, ya know? -- "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 |
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On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:53:49 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote: On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:53:33 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg It's very cool, too bad about the zebra. Big sum' bitch huh? -- "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." H. L. Mencken |
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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? |
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On Dec 5, 7:02*pm, Boater wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg I like it technically, but...it doesn't seem to go anywhere. BTW, while you were snoozing, I popped open the trunk of your car and got this beauty: http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/52b86fbf.jpg (Oh...for the rec.boats idiots...no, I'm just funning SW.) Harry, that's a pic of the contents of my sock drawer. You gotta dig deep for the Dan Wesson, though. |
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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 |
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On Dec 5, 8:47*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:05:58 -0700, "RG" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:p7jjj4566m2ep7gfb93n0rq2nm5uqt10ng@4a x.com... http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg Cool. *The shadows make the sand look terraced. *I don't share your affection for black & white, but I love the composition. One color and one conversion. http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_BW.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_CLR.jpg -- Happy Holidays and Merry Whatever It Is That ****es Liberals Off. AH! My suspicions were correct. Reminds me of the movie "Summer of '42" . http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thum...dune-fence.jpg |
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:02:41 -0500, Boater wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg I like it technically, but...it doesn't seem to go anywhere. Thank you - appreciate it. BTW, while you were snoozing, I popped open the trunk of your car and got this beauty: http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/52b86fbf.jpg That's not too far from reality except for all the cameras - I only carry a video camera, a Canon PnS and the E-300 - with lenses, true. :) However, there is also a full rain suit, some heavy towels, two thermal blanets, my EMS jump kit, a pair of binoculars, one handheld VHF, a laser range finder, two hundred feet of 3/8" double braid with harness/three rove block&tackle, 30' 6500 lb tow strap, manual inflate PFD, standard PFD, a folding survival shovel and six MRIs - vegetarian along with a gallon of water, fire starters and two butane lighters. .....and a partridge in a pear tree. |
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D.Duck wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:02:41 -0500, Boater wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg I like it technically, but...it doesn't seem to go anywhere. Thank you - appreciate it. BTW, while you were snoozing, I popped open the trunk of your car and got this beauty: http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/52b86fbf.jpg That's not too far from reality except for all the cameras - I only carry a video camera, a Canon PnS and the E-300 - with lenses, true. :) However, there is also a full rain suit, some heavy towels, two thermal blanets, my EMS jump kit, a pair of binoculars, one handheld VHF, a laser range finder, two hundred feet of 3/8" double braid with harness/three rove block&tackle, 30' 6500 lb tow strap, manual inflate PFD, standard PFD, a folding survival shovel and six MRIs - vegetarian along with a gallon of water, fire starters and two butane lighters. ....and a partridge in a pear tree. And that's just for a trip to 7-11. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. A cretin is someone who believes The Flintstones represents real life adventures when men and dinosaurs roamed the earth together. |
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On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:47:32 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:05:58 -0700, "RG" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... http://www.swsports.org/images/_C050199.jpg Cool. The shadows make the sand look terraced. I don't share your affection for black & white, but I love the composition. One color and one conversion. http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_BW.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Dune_CLR.jpg Nope. Your first fence picture spoke to me. These don't whisper. Maybe it's because they're outshown by the first one. Here, I've been saving this picture. But, now I'll let it out for public consumption. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/_DIS0074.jpg -- John H. |
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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. -- John H. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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??? |
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Do we have wormsign? ROTFL!!! No - no worm sign. No Spice either dammit. :) -- "He who controls the Spice controls the universe". |
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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? |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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RG wrote:
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. Are you one of those who likes the colorization of Casablanca? I'll bet you are. |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:33:10 -0500, Boater wrote:
RG wrote: 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. Are you one of those who likes the colorization of Casablanca? I'll bet you are. Must you attempt to throw personal insults at everyone? -- John H. |
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JohnH wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:33:10 -0500, Boater wrote: RG wrote: 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. Are you one of those who likes the colorization of Casablanca? I'll bet you are. Must you attempt to throw personal insults at everyone? D'oh. That really went over your head, Herring. I was referring to the colorization of the black and white movie, Casablanca. Get it? Jesus. |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:54:47 -0500, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote: On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:33:10 -0500, Boater wrote: RG wrote: 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. Are you one of those who likes the colorization of Casablanca? I'll bet you are. Must you attempt to throw personal insults at everyone? D'oh. That really went over your head, Herring. I was referring to the colorization of the black and white movie, Casablanca. Get it? Jesus. Yes, I knew to what you were referring. If your comment was *not* meant to be insulting, then I apologize for my reply. -- John H. |
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On Dec 6, 7:21*am, "RG" wrote:
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. personal preforance, maybe. But it seems that cemetery head stone pics are always best in BW. |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:50:25 -0500, "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 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. 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. Russ is absoutely dead on - you either like them or you don't. Part of my problem, not that it's a "problem" per se just an annoyance, is that I've lost touch with my creative muse, if you will, and I'm trying to redevelop a feel for B&W. I know how to compose a good photograph, I know how to work with a negative, how to compensate for exposure - all the goodies - I can look at other images and really critique with the best of them from an artistic and technical viewpoint, but I've lost something along the way in the transition from film to digital - I'm just not getting it for some reason. So it's back to the basics - light meters, manual exposures and relying on "feel" rather than what the camera can produce if left on it's own. And that means grayscale which, to tell the truth, is my first preference - Russ is also right on that score. It's long been my opinon that anybody who really wants to get into photography, both action, scenic and portrait, needs to work strictly in grayscale until they get an overall feel for what makes a good photograph. Thus, I'm going to be experimenting with grayscale for a while. 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. Oh boy - I wrote poor Russ after looking at some of this upcoming images - 2500 words on the very same subject - story telling and how images and photographs should tell a story. Or if they dont' tell a story, they should suggest one. I think Russ gave up at one point. :) 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. Well, that's a situation you can't do anything about. Unfortunately, the sharp commercial image will always win out over an image with technical and artistic values because that's what everybody has been exposed to and expects in their own images. Sunsets drive me nuts actually. It's not like you don't see them overy other day or so. Most of the time they are over processed or HDRed to death, but that's what people expect to see. Most are heavy handed crap to me. As I said, I really take photos I like, but it is a plus when someone else likes them. That's what it's all about. And, as I said to Russ (in another 2500 word monograph on the philosophy of taking a photograph versus an image - poor guy, felt sorry for him), I can't make decisions for you as I wasn't there and I can't speak to what you were feeling, seeing or experiencing. Nor should I. What I can do is comment on the nature of the technical aspects and composition and how it affected me, but that may not work for you. It's something that missing from the photographic teaching syllabus of instructors. It's not all about technique, it's about telling a story through composition, technique and impression. And I'm not going to go through that again. :) -- "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 |
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 06:10:44 -0700, "RG" wrote:
Do we have wormsign? ROTFL!!! No - no worm sign. No Spice either dammit. :) "He who controls the Spice controls the universe". "If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets." -- "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 |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:33:10 -0500, Boater
wrote: RG wrote: 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. Are you one of those who likes the colorization of Casablanca? I'll bet you are. That's one instance where it worked to good effect. And you can still take your pick of which one to watch. Can't beat that. Plus, noir can be overdone. There were a lot of crap noir style movies. -- "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt. |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:17:34 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 06:10:44 -0700, "RG" wrote: Do we have wormsign? ROTFL!!! No - no worm sign. No Spice either dammit. :) "He who controls the Spice controls the universe". "If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets." "**** in one hand and wish in the other. See which gets fullest fastest." -- John H. |
So, what 'cha think?
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:46:52 -0500, JohnH
wrote: On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:17:34 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 06:10:44 -0700, "RG" wrote: Do we have wormsign? ROTFL!!! No - no worm sign. No Spice either dammit. :) "He who controls the Spice controls the universe". "If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets." "**** in one hand and wish in the other. See which gets fullest fastest." Ah - I don't think that line was in the book. Or the movie now that I think about it. Either movie. -- "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 |
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