Thanks for commenting. I'd almost forgotten about Pride ... Too much going on, both in the political climate and in my personal/family world. But since you bring it up: the Santa Cruz Pride festival is somewhat early on the calendar (a week ago), but SF Pride isn't until the end of June (28-29th) and San Jose Pride isn't until the end of August. I'll make one or the other of the festival days in SF or SJ. Palm Springs Pride isn't until November, due to the heat ... I sometimes go to that one because I have several friends who've moved there in recent years.
Regards the photograph ... It isn't a documentarian photo; like most of my photographs it is somewhat abstractive in intent. I've deliberately softened outside of a central zone in post by a) pulling the critical focus point in to the edge of the curb closer to me than the background foliage, and b) applying a vignetted effect with some defocus. And the ancient (1972ish) Summilux 35mm tends to be a bit soft on edges outside the central third of the field until about f/8-11 anyway; this was exposed at f/5.6. Wind shouldn't be much of an issue ... looking at it at 400%, there's little movement in the branches (which seems right since the exposure time is 1/2000 second and I don't recall the day being windy anyway). The notion, the intent, was the contrast of the stolidly bright, sturdy wall and iron fencing against the olive trees in their shadowed, soft huddle. Not retention of detail... The wall in color is amusing because it is bright pink in color, for all its severity. ;) The metaphor for sake of abstractive intent is the need for constant guard around the quiet living world against the hard edge of forces outside that can destroy it. I'm glad the sense of peace and stillness carried through. Sorry. I can't get Neil Young's "Ohio" out of my head this week. The Bloviating Thing's attack on Los Angeles is a different situation, but much the same bullshit as that fateful moment 55 years ago on the Kent State campus under the regime of the previous criminal President which cost four young people their lives and permanent injury to nine others, all for no good reason at all. An overreach and abuse of power demonstrating nothing but how evil some scumbubbles can be. G > On Jun 13, 2025, at 11:58 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > That looks like a peaceful scene. Judging by the softness being much more in > the trees than the fence, I'd guess that it was either pretty windy, a slow > shutter speed, or both. > > Despite all of the ongoing issues, I hope that you are at least getting to > enjoy something of pride. > > > On 2025-06-13 09:42, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> So many thoughts in this week of rage and sadness... >> The Wall Protecting The Orchard - Santa Clara 2025 :: >> https://flic.kr/p/2raEUj8 >> ... renders me nearly speechless. >> G >> — >> Godfrey DiGiorgi - [email protected] >> "The question is not what you look at, but what you see." >> - Thoreau -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
