Thanks again, Steve. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > On 27/10/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>That shot has some special meaning to me. The wood is the stump of a >>Cedar tree that was lost in Superstorm Sandy; the leaf is from the >>Kwansan Cherry we planted this year to replace the 40 year old cherry >>tree we lost in the last harsh winter.I had admired the wood before, >>and tried to get a good image of it, with no great success. This >>weekend, I was trying to get an image of the colorful leaves on the >>new tree, which is just in front of the stump. It was breezy, making >>it difficult to capture the leaves still on the tree. I saw this one >>fall, and went over to pick it up. I liked the color, but was >>bothered by the little notch along one edge. I place it on the stump, >>to get it out of the wind, and suddenly the two seemed to go together >>well, and the notch seemed to add a bit of additional interest, rather >>than being a defect, as I had first concluded. Since the leaf was not >>flat and the sun was at a low angle, there was a long shadow. I >>played around with the placement of the leaf for a few minutes, and >>took several images, with different angle of the leaf and the shadow. >>Last night, I decided this was my favorite, and decided to post it. > > Lovely story behind the shot. Your time spent has paid off - the shot is > fabulous. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Production > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > 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.