If I had kept on-a-mentioning stuff those last two would have likely
been included next in line.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
> Thanks for the picks, Chuck. Carol approves of your choices.
>
>> And the winner is...
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/StrybingArboretum/slides/_MG_5697ia.htm>
>>
>
> One of my favorites, too. Quite Zen. Almost all of the bamboo was
> properly standing straight up. This one was slanted right across my path
> almost at eye level; practically screaming "take my picture!" I thought
> it would fit the frame better and look better shot so it appears
> vertical. Carol had just ducked past and walked on. Fortunately, she's
> patient when I disappear from behind her, caught by yet another subject.
>
>> and some lovely runners-up...
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/StrybingArboretum/slides/_MG_5740cria.htm>
>>
>
> Oh yes! The subject just knocked me out when it came into view. In
> retrospect, I should have tried a second shot at a smaller aperture. It
> was quite dim, ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/125, with a relatively long focal
> length to get the angle and compression I wanted. This is one where a
> real tripod would have helped. I don't mind the slight OOF foreground,
> but I'd prefer the top to be a little sharper.
>
> You may have noticed that one kind of subject that fascinates me is
> textures. Many, including a couple in this set, seem to defy my attempts
> to capture and display on the web with anything like my impression of
> the originals subjects.
>
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/StrybingArboretum/slides/_MG_5744cotcria.htm>
>>
>
> Thanks! This one is a bit of a cheat, in that it was staged. It's a leaf
> from the tree shown in the prior image that I had Carol pick up from the
> ground and hold in the dappled afternoon sun. An accurate image of the
> leaf, but not in situ.
>
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/StrybingArboretum/slides/_MG_5763cria.htm>
>>
>
> This one is all down to Carol. As I caught up to her from photographing
> other things, she was staring down at an odd angle at an unpromising
> area. It was only when I asked what she was looking at and she moved
> aside that I saw how the lowering sun was creating rainbows in the mist
> from a powerful sprinkler spraying some trees/brush. A little opening in
> the foliage created a good place full of the mist. I'd have almost
> certainly missed it on my own.
>
> The angles were such that the rainbow could only be seem from the trail
> above, and only at a difficult angle through a tree's trunks. Another
> reason to have a long lens. If you look at the EXIF info, you'll see
> that many images, including quite a few apparent close-ups, are taken at
> or near 300 mm. I really like the ability to "reach" subjects I can't
> get close to and the close focus ability at the long end.
>
> Moose
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