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Subject: Re: [OM] What I did for Earth Day
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 16:39:01 -0400
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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