On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most go away in a few days/weeks.
Unlike the in-laws. Dave > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: GESO: Autumn Memories > > >> >>> >>> From: PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: 2008/11/27 Thu PM 01:45:43 GMT >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: GESO: Autumn Memories >>> >>> I believe that the leaves are from sycamore tree. Other leaves don't >>> seem to leave such a distinct impression. >>> Paul >> >> This seems to be the best answer I can find online. >> http://biojournalism.com/95-leaf-shadows-stained-concrete.html >> >>> On Nov 27, 2008, at 3:42 AM, mike wilson wrote: >>> >>> > >>> >> >>> >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> Date: 2008/11/25 Tue PM 04:06:37 GMT >>> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> >> Subject: Re: GESO: Autumn Memories >>> >> >>> >> They look like they could be oak leaves, which are full of tannins. >>> >> That would stain the concrete and eventually be weathered away. >>> > >>> > What I find odd is that they are (presumably) quite water soluble, >>> > to be leached out of the leaf into the concrete by rain or dew but >>> > then they are not washed away from there. Very, very intriquing. >>> > The other possibility is that it is a wax covering that is somehow >>> > being transferred to the concrete and then resisting removal. Plant >>> > waxes are rather persistent chemicals - carnauba wax, found in many >>> > polishes until the advent of modern polymers, is/was extracted from >>> > the surface of leaves. >>> > >>> >> >>> >> mike wilson wrote: >>> >>>> From: PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>>> Date: 2008/11/24 Mon PM 06:51:42 GMT >>> >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> >>>> Subject: Re: GESO: Autumn Memories >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thanks Marnie. I've never seen this kind of impression anywhere >>> >>>> other >>> >>>> than the location where I shot these pics. At least I finally got >>> >>>> around to shooting them:-). BTW, I used the venerable Vivitar >>> >>>> Series 1 >>> >>>> 90/2.5 at f4. >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Do you know what sort of tree it is? It looks as if there is some >>> >>> residual resin being leached out and leaving the impression. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 24, 2008, at 12:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>>> In a message dated 11/23/2008 5:20:53 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>> >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> >>>>> Last year, I noticed a strange phenomenon on my morning runs. It >>> >>>>> seemed that on one short stretch of new concrete, fallen leaves >>> >>>>> would >>> >>>>> leave an image that lasted for months after the leaves had blown >>> >>>>> away. >>> >>>>> On adjacent surfaces, no images were created. And it seemed >>> >>>>> that only >>> >>>>> one type of leaf created these impressions. I was amazed to see >>> >>>>> that >>> >>>>> they endured for months, through rain, snow, salting and plowing. >>> >>>>> This >>> >>>>> year the process was repeated, and I decided to photograph some >>> >>>>> of >>> >>>>> these "autumn memories." >>> >>>>> Paul >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=878138 >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> ============== >>> >>>>> Way cool. I like the two leaves the best (one up, one down). >>> >>>>> Easier >>> >>>>> to see >>> >>>>> what they are. Interesting. Never noticed that anywhere around >>> >>>>> here. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
