Ed, Very well said. You are obviously a photographer, in every since of the word.
James On Nov 14, 2:25 pm, "Edward Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James, > > There are many people on this list who are excellent photographers, and many > like yourself who discount their own abilities. Most of the images posted > here are designed to illustrate the posts and document the trees and places > they have seen. This is an appropriate choice of the use of photography in > this context. There is less of a focus on photography as an art. A > photographer has a set of tools to use when creating an image - and I am not > talking about his camera. He has choices to make and these choices are the > real tools in the art of photography. these are what makes the difference > between an average image and a great one. He can choose how to frame an > image, overall composition, how to deal with light, brightness, shadow, and > color temperature, depth in the image, color or lack of color in the image, > patterns in the image, and textures of objects in the image. He can choose > how to combine multiple images into a single one. > > If there is a fantastic scene anyone can snap a good photograph. However, > that is not what makes a great photograph. If you have a grand scene, one > goal is to try to capture the grandeur of the scene, the power that you are > seeing. If the image doesn't accomplish that ideal, it may still be nice > picture, but in some ways it is a failure. A photo of the Grand Canyon > doesn't just need to be in focus, it needs to be "Grand." An image of an old > growth forest doesn't just need to be lit properly, it needs to capture the > "primordial feel" of age. You need to capture to power of the scene to be a > true success. > > The other end of the spectrum deals with smaller vignettes of a scene. What > these need to show are the pieces of the broader scene that tell a story in > and of themselves. They need to capture not the power, but the "soul" of > scene being photographed. Flowers sprouting from a burned log, for example > might illustrate the cycle of fire death and rebirth in a forest. One final > consideration is how to capture the essence of nature in the mundane setting > of forests that have been cut over and over again. This is a challenge faced > by us in many trips to the forest and the real test of how good of an eye you > have for photography. > > I think if a photographer is trying to achieve an artistic success, they must > try to capture both the grandeur and soul of a scenes in a portfolio of > images, rather than simply collecting a series of pretty images. > > Ed > > "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. " > Robert Frost (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Parton > To: ENTSTrees > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:23 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Desktop - wallpaper > > Ed, > > Thanks for the compliment. Photography is just a hobby for me. Both > Jarrid & Miles both easily exceed my abilities. > > James P. > > On Nov 14, 1:05 pm, "Edward Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ents, > > > James Parton has uploaded a very nice autumn photo of maidenhair Gingko > and willow oak leaves to the files page of the Google Groups site: > > > Maidenhair+Autumn.JPG > > >http://entstrees.googlegroups.com/web/Maidenhair+Autumn.JPG?hl=en&gda... > > > If this link doesn't work, just go to the Google > sitehttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=enandlook for it under the > Files section. > > > The file is 1440 x 957 pixels in size (1.4 MB) so it is large enough for > most screens and sharp. > > > Ed Frank > > > "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. " > > Robert Frost (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. > > > Maidenhair+Autumn_sm.jpg > > 27KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
