On 5/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I took this about 3-4
months ago when I was checking out the Mitchell Canyon> area of Mt. Diablo for
the upcoming NorCal PDML meet (we went elsewhere). The> CA hills are yellowish
brown now, then they were verdant green.> > I wasn't sure I would share this –
but this is a quintessential Marnie shot.> I have taken tons of these kinds of
photos: late afternoon, tree trunks> backlit to black, dark shadows, trail. So
I decided to share it because it IS a> quintessential Marnie shot –
romantizing/idealizing nature. I get that way when> walking outdoors. ;-)> > I
am unsure how distracting the white sky is (which often happens in this> type
of shot), and/or how distracting the slightly blown highlights of the white>
sky are.> > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/trail1.htm> > Comments
welcome.
I rather like it. Well composed, I like the use of light/shadows.
I actually quite like the bright sky in the background; far frombeing a
distraction, I think it's an important and appealling elementof the photo.
cheers,frank
-- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
