Well, Porter was very painterly in his rendering of nature in color - and very precise with his dye transfer prints... it is that kinship to your stuff that I see... odd that you didn't know him.
He started out most famous for his bird photos - but I've got a great book of his southwestern stuff in black and white. anyway, I love your stuff ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 2/13/2007 6:51:50 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Marnie - >I like this more the more I look it - though it isn't quite up to your >Joshua trees for me (very subjectively) > >You are becoming the Eliot Porter of the list > >ann >============ >Thanks, Ann. I think you caught what I liked, the play of light on the rock. >And I know no reason one can't take a slightly more intimate portrait of a >big rock. :-) > >Had to look up Eliot Porter, wow, big compliment. Maybe a little tooooooo >big. But big thanks. > >Marnie aka Doe :-) > >============= > > > >>In a message dated 2/12/2007 2:49:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>I really like the lighting in this shot. >> >> >>Dan M >>============ >>Thanks. :-) >> >>So did I. >> >>Marnie aka Doe >>============= >> >> >> >> > > > >>>But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan >>>photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... >>> >>> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm >>> >>> >>> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
