Interesting tale, Larry. Enjoyed the set! "Back yard" is to a great extent a figure of speech. I've shot some flowers, finches clinging to the feeder and an uncooperative dragon fly or two, but really nothing I felt deserved the attention of anyone else. Having some equipment nearby while in chase lounge mode makes me think I'm pursuing photography.
Jack --- On Mon, 4/6/09, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> > Subject: Shooting close to home (was 'nother stump) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 10:32 AM > On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 09:47:28AM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: > > > > > Initially there was a period, which I'm sure > is/was the shooting practice of many of we more obsessional > shooters, that I just had to go to the "post card" > places to shoot my own version of those iconic scenes. > > Over the years and miles I've found that image > search circle growing ever smaller 'til it now fits in > my own back yard; (a pretty much standard size housing > tract). > > I'm amazed that I could probably spend hours shooting a > roll of barbed > wire near my office, but have a hard time finding things > worth > shooting in my own yard. > > It might make a fun get together, have a roving potluck > where we go to > each other's houses and find things to photograph in > their yards and > around their houses. > > Come to think of it, I've never gotten any shots that > do my old growth > redwood stump justice. > > > I am hoping to do a California coastal drive this > spring and, maybe, > > a Colorado/Wyoming probe this fall. It's been > awhile since last > > doing so. > > If anybody needs a place to crash for shooting around Santa > Cruz, drop > me a line. Yesterday I drove the 20 minutes over to > Davenport to try > to get about an hour of shooting in before sunset: > Definitely let us know if you do. I popped over to > Davenport yesterday > for a little shooting just before sunset: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616322123961/ > > When I got there, there were all sorts of birds flitting > about, but > rather than putting the bigma on the monopod, I grabbed the > 18-250 and > the tripod. I got a couple of OK shots, but nothing > spectacular. > > I headed back to the car to swap for the big lens and the > monopod, > getting a bit distracted by some poppies, so by the time I > swapped > things around, it was now a bit too dark to shoot, and the > sun had > just gone down so the birds were in hiding. > > It was at that point that I realized that my keys were in > the trunk of > the car. With my tripod. Fortunately, I was able to borrow > a cell > phone to call my girlfriend to come rescue me. > > So, here I was, someplace quite scenic, just after sunset, > with my > tripod locked in the trunk of the car. Pretty much nothing > I shot > while waiting turned out. > > On the other hand, being stuck someplace with nothing to do > but shoot > photos while I was waiting helped me see a lot more than I > saw with > just the perfunctory glance. > > > If not, it'll not lessen my enthusiasm for the > near-by. > > > > Jack > > > > > > --- On Sun, 4/5/09, David J Brooks > <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > From: David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s) > > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <pdml@pdml.net> > > > Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 9:18 AM > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Jack Davis > > > <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks, David. My luck in finding the first > stump is > > > what got me on the hunt again. > > > > As I consider it further, 90 miles isn't > that far. > > > Especially since I have a car. ;) > > > > > > I've pretty much shot everything close to > home, that i > > > can find, rural > > > landscape wize, so now i'm in the 60-80 mile > range my > > > self. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sun, 4/5/09, David J Brooks > > > <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> From: David J Brooks > <pentko...@gmail.com> > > > >> Subject: Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s) > > > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > > > <pdml@pdml.net> > > > >> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 6:35 AM > > > >> Hi Jack. > > > >> > > > >> Not as dramatic as the first one from > the other > > > day, but i > > > >> think there > > > >> is something there to use. > > > >> > > > >> The darken inards look fine, but it > would be > > > interesting to > > > >> see what > > > >> they look like in better light. > > > >> > > > >> Dave > > > >> > > > >> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Jack > Davis > > > >> <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > Continuing my stump series..not, > does anyone > > > think > > > >> either of these is worth pursuing? > > > >> > I may make another trip to this > spot > > > ('prox 45 > > > >> miles away) depending opon your answers. > It might > > > help if I > > > >> were to wait 'til later in the day > when the > > > sun would be > > > >> hitting at least some of the stump's > blackened > > > innards. > > > >> > Was a beautiful day to do anything > outdoors. > > > >> > > > > >> > Thanks, > > > >> > > > > >> > Jack > > > >> > > > > >> > k20, DA*50~135 > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=401 > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=402 > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > -- > > > >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > >> > PDML@pdml.net > > > >> > > > > 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 > > > >> PDML@pdml.net > > > >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please > visit the > > > link > > > >> directly above and follow the > directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > > 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 > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is > to post > the wrong answer. > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
