Re: [Leica] Paw weeks 34, 35, 36

[Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>]

>Well since I couldn't sell my Konica RF, (at anything close to a 
>reasonable price for me), I decided that I might as well use it.
>  My friend was having a garage sale and his daughter decided to sell 
>some of her Barbie dolls, but not their clothes.
>
>http://www.photoneal.com/photos/paw/tn/barbie.jpg.html

Too "straight". Needs some background or a hand moving to touch or 
something to make it more than a single record: I should know, 99.99% 
of my shots receive the same self flaggelation

>
>  I returned my daughter to college in Gettysburg, and there just 
>happened to be a living history demonstration of artillery. 
>Naturally I couldn't resist, you don't get
>to see a full battery firing on the original battlefield too often.
>
>http://www.photoneal.com/photos/paw/tn/battery.jpg.html

Wonderful opportunity, and great timing, I'd love to have seen a 
tight crop on the 3 or maybe 5 on the right, with the billowing 
smoke: I presume you could not get closer, and if M's have a 
downside, its the lack of "reach".  I would still like to lose the 
horrible foreground dying grass and weeds and the pure white 
featureless sky.

>
>I passed this field a couple of days ago and revisited it today. 
>Although the flowers were a bit stunted by the drought the blooms 
>were beautiful and numerous.
>
>http://www.photoneal.com/photos/paw/tn/sunflower.jpg.html

colourful. Flower photography is something I love to do. They are the 
only models who will allow me to cut off their heads like Kyle's ;-) 
I often will take up to 6 or 8 takes on a flower, and usually -- not 
always, one seems so much better than the others. There is an art to 
making a "still" life live, and I'm off to the darkroom to try to 
make some myself today. I will be brave, and try to post them, so 
that you can all have your revenge ;-)

Thanks for sharing
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Alastair Firkin

http://www.afirkin.com

http://www.familyofman2.com

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