Velvia, Pentax 67 200mm with extension. Gorgeous, soft, ideal close-up lighting by Oregon winter weather, Inc.

-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), January 18, 1999

Answers

Frank,

The hand of man rule applies here as well, I presume. Actually cropping off the road and fence cleans this up nicely, IMO. Why the extension on the 200? How much? How can you have infinity in focus (as far as I can tell the mountain ridge looks fairly sharp, but the overall softness is very soothing)?

-- Jim Korczak (korczaks@ptdprolog.net), January 18, 1999.

You got me Frank.

-- Jim Korczak (korczaks@ptdprolog.net), January 18, 1999.

Errmm,

did you mean to reference the following image instead?

sounds a bit more like it, no?

duncan

-- Duncan McRae (duncanm@zip.com.au), January 18, 1999.

Sorry, this is the wrong image! I thought I knew that this was a close-up of a botanical specimen, rather than the Sulfur Springs Valley image that I had no intention of posting because of the "hand of man" rule.

My apologies to all, especially to the moderator who has to can it.

Frank

-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), January 19, 1999.

Ca c'est mieux! But aiai, that little distracting leave! We need the Hand of Man there to unveil that unspoiled Saxifrage..

-- Albin Hunia (a.hunia@dlg.agro.nl), January 19, 1999.

Like the sky, clouds and lighting in the unintended post. But on to the intended one, a very nice pattern broken by a bit of variety, including the splashes of yellow and brown.

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), January 19, 1999.

Thank you, Duncan, for the correction.

Albin, I selected that part of the plant deliberately for the maple seed and I also put it in an "unbalanced" location in the composition to keep it from looking like it followed the "rule of thirds" too strictly.

Frank

-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), January 19, 1999.