An ordinary subject, perhaps. Ordinary shot: not. Ordinary subjects framed or revealed in unordinary ways must surely account for 90% of photographs, maybe more.
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:28 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks! Well, this is probably one of the better one for the last two > years. Although I took a lot of this particular clump and just randomly > picked > out this shot as the best. > > I just meant, I haven't shot anything special, artistic, or different in a > l-o-n-g time. Haven't stretched myself. Just taken ordinary shots of > ordinary things. Anyway, they look ordinary to me. > > The Ruth Bancroft Garden, though, turned out to be rather special all by > itself. We made a running stop, but I could have stayed for hours (with my > tripod, which I didn't have). Three acres of succulents (I guess cactus are > succulents). Cacti are great for photography... they are so geometric. > > Thanks, Jack, Dave, Dan, Gerrit, and, you Bob, for your comments and to > all who looked. > > Marnie :-) > ------------------------------------------- > > In a message dated 12/9/2012 7:38:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > Marnie, > Pretty damned good for a 'mediocre' shot! > The light, the shapes, and the prickly points are great. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 11:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Okay, I have a confession to make, the last three years I haven't been >> doing much photography. Three years ago I did none for that year. The > last >> two, at least I've done some. Mostly with a friend on day trips. And > mostly >> they are mediocre because I don't do my best photography with others. I > get >> more into it alone. So, no, I haven't been trying very hard and I > haven't >> really grown as a photographer recently. >> >> HOWEVER, since they are what I have, you are going to see my mediocre >> shots. So there. >> >> http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/prickly.html >> >> Taken at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA. This place was >> actually closed for winter clean up when we went and they let us in > part of it >> anyway. I plan to return in the spring with a tripod. It was great. >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> Marnie aka Doe :-) Okay... I won't (re title). Heh. >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
