On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:50:23 -0400, Frank Theriault wrote:
>My last "assignment" for June is Gary L. Murphy, "Texas Architecture".
>
>I have to admit, I was a bit taken aback when I first saw this one.
>"This isn't architecture", I thought. How dare he! "We must take these
>themes seriously", thought I!
Yeah, I knew I was "stretching" it a bit. Okay, a lot.... :-)
>Then, I relaxed, and realized that this is all about fun. What's wrong
>with a little "creative interpretation" of a theme? That being said,
>this is a wonderful photo!
Thanks, Frank.
>I love the pattern on the one with the horns (is that the steer? I'm
Yup, that thar be a genuine Texas longhorn. (A rather young one I might add)
>guessing yes). And the colour of the other one (is that a cow? A
Yup, that thar be a cow.
>heifer? Is there a difference?) is beautifully captured. The
Difference? Ya knows about them thar birds and bees Frank? :-) Not to worry, a steer
can't do nuttin'. He
been fixed, hence the name, "steer".
>foreground is a little bit washed out, and the background is a bit
>darker than I might prefer, but I guess you have to get the subjects
>right, don't you?
True, and the lighting for that shot was a bit odd. If memory serves, I think I used
the spot metering of the 5N
on the cow and dialed in a stop of EV.
>The composition is lovely: both animals facing in opposite directions,
>the one with the really big horns (the steer?) staring at the camera,
>and the one with the little horns (cow?) gazing somewhat indefferently
>off in the distance. Beautifully rendered and framed. You caught a
>moment!
Thanks. We were driving down a country road and I slammed on the brakes almost giving
my wife a heart
attack. Grab the camera and hoofed it on over. (No pun intended) I was hoping they
would not move, which
they didn't except for the steer turing to see what I was up to.
>For me, the image captures Texas exactly as I imagined, kind of scrubby,
>grassy, doggies (Texas longhorns, no less) on the range. I kind of
>expect Billy Crystal to pop his head into the picture at any time! :-)
HaHaHa! I know what you mean there!! (City Slickers)
>But seriously, the question of theme aside, it's a wonderful image, well
>executed, and fun to look at - and that's gotta be what it's all about,
Thanks again, Frank for the nice words. Glad you like the image.
>isn't it? And Gary, maybe that steer wasn't giving you "the evil eye",
>maybe he just took a fancy to you!
Watch it now! :-))
Later,
Gary
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