Robert Palmer wrote: >Seriously, I have always carried (and used) a saw. Here in the east, >the warm humid weather makes small "junk" trees grow like weeds and a >"favorite" shot can be obscured by growth in a matter of months. Does >this mean that from that point forward I must settle for taking the shot >with the subject obscured by trees, or give up on the shot altogether - >I dont think so !!
The point I was trying to make is (using the above example) that the summertime overgrowth vegetation makes the shot unique at that time of year and should be incorporated into the shot. I was doing work for the Spirit of Washington dinner train and took a shot of the train crossing a bridge frammed by scotch broom. Scotch broom is wide spread here in the Northwest and fills the countryside with ubundant brite yellow flowers in April and May. A year latter, They replaced their GP's with F7's and called me for new pictures. They wanted three shots to replace the ones I had done previously for their brochure. I had no problem duplicating two, but it was late summer and when I tried to replace the shot over the bridge with broom, I found that broom turns into giant ugly green brambles that grow 10 feet tall! I couldn't even see the bridge from that spot anymore. I moved to water level looking for a clear shot and found a family getting in a tiny boat with an outboard. I asked them to wait a minute and watch the train cross the bridge. They agreed, and I shot the scene with them in it. Well, the dinner train people HATED it! I sent it to Railfan and they loved it, published it on 1/2 page. (thanks mike!) (BY the way, I didn't take the washed out overexposed pictures the Dinner Train is using in their current brochure!) Anyway, I am not saing that cutting vegetation is WRONG. Just explore other options. Regards, Steve Brown http://s.brown.home.mindspring.com -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs -> Message © SPORRS® 1998 - All Rights Reserved
