Now that is impressive Jostein! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:29 AM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/9/30 mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Were your thoughts on the finely textured bright side or the grimly brooding >> dark side? > > Lol. Somewhere in between, I think. > > Thanks to y'all who commented, it pretty much confirmed that my train > of thoughts wasn't completely off track. I do agree with P.J., though, > It's not a great image, but here's the story: > > I was enjoying myself immensely that day, let loose in a such a > beautiful stretch of nature. As Ken pointed out, it might be the sort > of vista that is better enjoyed than photographed. I think that's very > much a correct assessment, even when coming from someone who once won > a photo competition with a landscape shot taken with the FA*600/4 from > Mt. McKinley... :-) > Anyway, I was awed by the view, and thought it a bit sad that such > beauty wouldn't come through very well in a photo. Then I went on to > ponder why it doesn't (on a general basis, not particularly about this > photo). The only reason I could come up with was the lack of any > reference points to the scale of the landscape, so I can relate very > much to Jack's comment. > > As I was considering this, I noticed a reindeer hunter crossing the > moors with his dog. Just a little black speck that I never would have > noticed if it stood still. Then I thought to heck with it, and fired > off a frame. It could be fun to _know_ that there was a point of > reference the even if noone else could see it. It might turn up in a > really large print, I guess, but this particular image is hardly worth > that. :-) > > Here's the same image, but with the human pointed out and enlarged to > how it looks in the raw file. > > http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VWBjZjc1fI4/SOCOaHQx0xI/AAAAAAAAAT4/8OFTdapafxs/s1600-h/20080928-0290-human.jpg > > http://yi.no/o9Js > > > Thanks for sharing my train of thoughts. Tickets already paid for. :-) > > If you wish to read another incoherent account of my thoughts about > this, it also exists in form of a blog text: > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/ > > Cheers, > Jostein > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > 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. >
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