Thanks for that Brian. Another face to the name...
I prefer the original bale shot. It is somehow threatening to have
that dull, but textured, sky above the rising field, and the shape
seems more appropriate for the subject - to my eyes at least.
Chris
On Saturday, Jun 14, 2003, at 10:55 Europe/London, Brian Swale wrote:
Hello Mike and all
Please note corrected version of URL
http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/photography/zuikoholics/
recent.htm
These fuchsias are cultivars in the garden and I don't even know the
species
they are derived from. Also look very similar to the one that John
Lind used in
his shot showing birth and death among the flowers.
We have at least two indigenous species here, one is I think the
largest
fuchsia of the world, a deciduous tree that can top 40 feet in some
circumstances - 25 feet is easy for it. And there is a little herby
scrambler
with showy purple stamens in yellow-green flowers.
For the record, I very much enjoyed escorting Eva and Bernd around
some of
the parts of my home-town. They are very pleasant company and of course
we had several things in common; forestry, science and OMs for a start.
I've added a few new images; Eva and Bernd as I captured them on film;
try
as I might I can't get rid of the sharpening halo around their heads
and still
get something like a sharp image. Maybe they are naturally saintly.
And a cloud scene that caught our attention while we were there. Sun
striking clouds being blown in from the sea, across the harbour. We
were
still in drought, so the hills are very tawny-brown. That tussock
grass is never
very green anyway.
And I cropped the straw-bales to make another impression - what do you
think of this?
Brian
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