There are several there that I'm quite partial to; most of the 7-13
range. I like 14 and 15 too except for the intrusion of cars and other
non-natural objects.
Chuck Norcutt
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Moose<olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> siddiq@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Oooh, I do quite like that one--unusually, since Moose's style doesn't
>>> click with me, most of the time. Hope you don't mind my frankness
>>>
>> Not in the least. Tastes vary.
>>
>> If you were to do a correlation of images posted on the list and my
>> responses, you would find certain types that I seldom ever comment on.
>> When I do, it will likely be about technical ways to enhance them, where
>> I see what appears to me to be a way to improve the photographer's
>> presentation of the subject that he/she has chosen, rather than comment
>> on content/composition.
>>
>> I know some of my favorite subjects aren't everyone's cup of tea. I
>> certainly wonder sometimes why I continue to shot the same things over
>> and over again. Flowers are an example. I continue to shoot many of the
>> same ones I shot last year, and the year before and the decade before,
>> and so on. Yes, overall technical quality has improved over the decades,
>> mostly with equipment improvements, and a little due to technique.
>
> My inner dialectic is usually whether I want to shoot things in good
> light or whether I just want to shoot specific kinds of things. I
> like to shoot flowers and will shoot them in any kind of light, same
> thing with people, but mostly other than that, I'm less picky about
> what I shoot and more interested in following the good light. I get
> up early for it and stay late. I'm not much of a photographer, unless
> being an opportunist applies. Maybe a masochist too, especially the
> getting up early part.
>
> Flowers are special as they are like an extension of our family. Our
> day lilies are usually riotous this time of year. I got so jaded with
> them a couple years ago that I mostly didn't get out the cameras.
> Then the flood came and took everything back to primordial goo. I
> take nothing for granted as things come back:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2012321&id=1261510733&l=ad519ef398
>
> I experimented with shallow DOF on quite a few of these shots. The DZ
> 15-54 is not the bokeh king, but I'm very satisfied with that lens.
>
> Joel W.
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