Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Nathan. I left the traditional format to convey the deep field of bluebonnet. I was using a 300 at 2.8 to both compress the field while also focusing strongly on the foreground. Didn't work in your case so will rethink the image. Possibly try a 400 stopped down a bit to better balance the impression. On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 3:05 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > The bluebonnets are beautiful, but I think the composition would be > improved if you cropped a bit off the top. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 18 Mar 2020, at 13:35, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > Greetings to all. With all the shuttering in going on these weeds will > be > > a bit more colorful. With a mind toward social distancing I am still > going > > out and about photographing. With that said, I will start with some > > fungi that decided to grow under an oak tree I have in my front yard: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/fungi+under+the+oak+tree.jpg.html > > > > March is when the wild flowers begin to appear in many fields and road > > sides. Before I lived in Texas I didn't quite understand Lady Bird > > Johnsons work toward flowers. However, once in Texas and seeing the > blooms > > in the spring especially near Johnson City where she lived I can > > understand. With mobility limited I may not find some of the fields but > > will start with these bluebonnets growing around my local post office: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/bluebonnets+on+a+ridge.jpg.html > > > > Moving a little further afield: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/splotches+of+yellow.jpg.html > > > > All the best. > > > > -- > > Don > > don.dory at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com