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Subject: [OM] Re: Photo projects, was Great Sand Dunes National Monument
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 01:14:12 -0700
Chris Barker wrote:

>Moose
>
>Thanks for showing us that and I enjoyed looking through your pictures. I 
>don't think that the background colour works for the overall appearance of 
>your photographs,  I should go for a darker, more neutral colour.
>
I thought about that earlier, but ofrgot in the concentration on getting 
the images up. All I've been seeing is the images. I think I'm just 
going to have to try several to see what works.

>I like the shots of individual flowers, but the busier ones are less 
>interesting
>
I certainly agree. Many of the shots would not be on the site except for 
the idea I have of making the best of every image on a roll of film. 
It's particularly challenging because I didn't come up with the idea 
before shooting the roll, but after. The flip side is that I've ended up 
with a few images I quite like from frames I would probably have just 
dismissed in the ordinary course of things.

It's really turning into a productive exercise for me. I'm learning a 
lot in several areas. I expect to make further changes and maybe 
additions like for the gladiola.

> – except perhaps as a gardener (I do the grass and weeding in our garden as I 
> am not trusted to deal with proper, valuable flowers ;-)).  The grasses, for 
> instance, are attractive, but the backgrounds are distracting.
>
One of the problems I face all the time with my yard. Some of the nicest 
subjects have poor backgrounds. I've got a couple of ideas to help I'm 
going to try.

>The nasturtiums look a bit beaten up as well.
>
Ah yes, but there is a story behind them and the pic mightily pleased my 
SO. And they are on the roll, so I made them as handsome versions of 
themselves as I could so far.

>How did you get the bird and moth to hold still?
>
I didn't do a thing but try not to startle them by moving too quickly. I 
got the best bird shot on the third try when I moved carefully closer. I 
did scare it off, but not before getting the shot. Is that a moth? I 
firured it for a butterfly (I think they should be called flutterbys). 
Anyway, it seemed quite content with me looming over it. The shot is 
with my new to me from Tom 90/2, so there was some stand-off room. 
Again, I took the first 2 shots in a hurry in case it flew and the 
third, taken with more care and patience (waiting for the slight 
movement from a breeze to die down) came out best overall. It only left 
because the bee in the next frame worked its way up the lavender close 
enough to scare it off. That bee was moving fast and the shot is a mess, 
but I'm trying to find something to recover from the shot.

Many animals have favorite spots that they return to. The Towhee really 
likes that spot on the wall and sits there fairly often. In the Garden - 
2003 gallery there is a series of shots of a dragonfly in which I 
changed lenses twice (shots from only 2 ended up in the gallery), 
including running into the house to get another one. The dragonfly flew 
off once, only to return to the same spot in a few moments.

Thanks so much for the comments. Sometimes it's amazing what is 
apparently obvious that one doesn't notice until someone else points it out.

Moose




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