From: John McWilliams on 20 Jan 2010 23:38 On 1/20/10 PDT 6:30 PM, Paul Furman wrote: > Robert Coe wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:44:28 -0800, Savageduck >> I'd add Bryca and Cedar Breaks N.M. to that list. The latter is >> surprisingly >> photogenic, particularly just before sunset. Over our fireplace hangs a >> pointing my wife did from a photograph she took there on our honeymoon. Was it needle pointed? > > Bryce Canyon & Cedar Break National Monument, Utah. Bryce is > spectacular, hard not to shoot cliche but what the hell <g>. All that > southern Utah, Northern Arizona region is amazing, and all The West as > far as I'm concerned. We are blessed way out West. And yet few of us call the Wind Mariah. -- John McWilliams
From: John McWilliams on 20 Jan 2010 23:41 On 1/20/10 PDT 7:11 PM, tony cooper wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:55:53 -0500, Robert Coe<bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: > >> This year I have to go to Acadia National Park. My wife and I have now been >> married for 43 years, and she's been reminding me that she's never been there >> for as long as I can remember. I'll expect a mandate for rugged seascapes >> sometime this summer. >> > My wife and I will celebrate 46 years of marriage later this year. I > am trying to convince her that the forty-sixth anniversary is "glass". Congrats to you both on long marriages. I am impressed, and that's sincere. Acadia NP will be like shooting fish in a barrel, but not as destructive. Schoodic point. Top of Mt. Cadillac. Bear Island Light. Somes Sound. -- John McWilliams
From: John McWilliams on 20 Jan 2010 23:43 On 1/20/10 PDT 7:35 PM, tony cooper wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:25:56 -0500, Robert Coe<bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: > >> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:57:26 -0500, tony cooper<tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> : >> : Bob Coe The trees reflected in the lake is a lovely shot. Bob sees >> : good shots. >> >> Thanks! >> >> : That thick horizontal blue line at the horizon bothers me in the beach >> : scene. It makes the photo look like two photos pasted together. >> >> That thick horizontal blue line is the main body of Cape Cod. (You're looking >> roughly northwest across Buzzards Bay, with the Bourne Bridge out of the >> picture to the left. The spit with the house on it is much closer.) If you >> don't want it there, be patient: The Atlantic Ocean is relentlessly washing >> Cape Cod away, bit by bit. >> > No great loss, in my opinion. I once drove out to Cape Cod and > returned on a summer Sunday afternoon. The only positive thing I can > say about that trip was that I could leave my car in traffic, leave > the car to use the restroom in some local business, and return to my > car without the driver behind me getting concerned because my car > hadn't moved. So, don't do that! Go in the Fall..... a weekday perhaps several. -- John McWilliams
From: Savageduck on 21 Jan 2010 00:06 On 2010-01-20 20:38:09 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> said: > On 1/20/10 PDT 6:30 PM, Paul Furman wrote: >> Robert Coe wrote: >>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:44:28 -0800, Savageduck > >>> I'd add Bryca and Cedar Breaks N.M. to that list. The latter is >>> surprisingly >>> photogenic, particularly just before sunset. Over our fireplace hangs a >>> pointing my wife did from a photograph she took there on our honeymoon. > > Was it needle pointed? >> >> Bryce Canyon & Cedar Break National Monument, Utah. Bryce is >> spectacular, hard not to shoot cliche but what the hell <g>. All that >> southern Utah, Northern Arizona region is amazing, and all The West as >> far as I'm concerned. > > We are blessed way out West. > And yet few of us call the Wind Mariah. Aaaaaaaaagh!!!!! -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Peter on 21 Jan 2010 09:02
"Robert Spanjaard" <spamtrap(a)arumes.com> wrote in message news:476bc$4b5777d3$546accd9$1608(a)cache70.multikabel.net... > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:27:40 -0500, Peter wrote: > >>> OK, I rushed them, and didn't include any comments, but I'll get to >>> that later on. For now, take a look at the shots submitted by those >>> shooters who actually take pictures and participate: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/shootin/468_degrees >>> >>> Let the flames fly! >> >> How do I submit. I have one or two that should qualify > > I already posted this before, but last August I shot some pictures at a > local fair using a Sigma 30mm f/1.4. That's 48mm on my 10D. > > http://www.arumes.com/photo/main.php?g2_itemId=50 > > But because I didn't shoot them during the mandate, I don't think they > qualify. :-) > I didn't realize there was a time qualification. So they are not eligible for the huge prize. Otherwise, any comment is appreciated. -- Peter |