The first photograph was the view from his workroom window, by Niepce: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/wfp/
Not a leaf in sight. B > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila > Sent: 04 November 2012 18:16 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO: Flat, red & wet > > Well, I'm not a huge fan of the single leaf shot lying wistfully next > to a sewer cap. :-) Doug Brewer and I have a running joke about this > on google +--that is, when he's in a teasing mood, he'll sometimes post > a single leaf shot just to make me groan. It's all in good fun. > > But funny thing about this--while in Chicago for the exhibition, a > bunch of us met up at Miller's pub on the last afternoon together. I > was telling Doug how single leaf shots did nothing for me, but then I > told him about an article in the New York Times, published a few years > back, which made the claim that the first photograph ever taken was, in > fact, a shot of a single leaf! I had to admit I got a big laugh out of > that and had to consider there must be something about the single leaf > that intrigues people and, perhaps, I'm missing something. The article > included the image as well. I'm sure if you googled it, you could > find the article. > > Cheers, Christine > > > On Nov 4, 2012, at 11:58 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I don't believe I've heard your stand on leaf shots, Christine. > Should > > I be marking my Subject lines specially in future? :-) > > > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Christine Aguila > <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > >> It's nice, but you know my view on leaf shots--at least it's not the > >> single leaf shot. Colors are pretty though. :-) Cheers, Christine > >> > >> > >> > >> On Nov 3, 2012, at 10:34 PM, "knarftheria...@gmail.com" > <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I like this a lot - the water droplets make it... > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> frank > >>> > >>> --- Original Message --- > >>> > >>> From: Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> > >>> Sent: November 3, 2012 11/3/12 > >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > >>> Subject: PESO: Flat, red & wet > >>> > >>> I think this will be my only autumn-leaves shot this year: > >>> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/03/- > big/IMG_0299.jpg. > >>> html > >>> > >>> Had to turn the color saturation down to make it look more > >>> realistic. -T > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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. > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > > > -- > > -bmw > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
