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Laurence
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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:01 pm Post subject: Last Light |
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Laurence wrote:
I was winding down for the evening, settling into my sleeping bag,
in the remote Queets Rain Forest.
The last shard of sunlight was almost horizontal, blinking on
and off through "open spots" as the sun fell into the horizon.
I saw this potential image about 20 meters away from where I
was laying, so I reached over and hauled the tripod and Pentax
645 out of my pack, along with my trusty "Exif tablet and pencil".
Put the whole thing on the shortened tripod and cranked the 150
lens onto the camera. I didn't know if the sun would even
reach the leaves, but I figured it wouldn't hurt anything to have
the camera already aimed that way. 
Finally, it lit up the Vine Maple (Acer circanatum) leaves
against the extremely large Western Hemlock (Thuja plicata)
with that typical golden Autumn light.
It may be hard to "get your head around this", but to me
this epitomizes the early evening feeling of gentle quietness in
this great climax forest, and so I like the simplistic, almost
graphical nature of the image. The leaves were probably lit for
no more than 10 seconds (!).
This was an evening where all I could hear, beyond the
pure silence, was the whisper of the wind blowing against the
top of the forest canopy 80 meters above me, and the distant
occasional bugling of male Roosevelt Elk.
Parasol Reach
Pentax 645
Pentax-A 150mm
f: 5.6 and 1/250th
Velvia 50
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Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
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Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
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Attila
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Beautiful!
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kds315*
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
A very meditative shot Laurence!!
ZEN quality, great work!
Cheers,
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Poolhall
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Poolhall wrote:
Excellent Laurence lovely compositon and lighting really impressive  |
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poilu
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
excellent zen work!
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GrahamNR17
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
Your writing on this one is like poetry and the photo a perfect illustration of it. You are a true artist, Laurence!
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Graham, where do you get these emoticons? 
Beautiful capture, the narrative and title are synergistic to the piece.
Love the sunlit greens! |
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patrickh wrote:
Graham I absolutely agree with the sentiment and the emoticon is a riot
patrickh
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Laurence
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
You guys are crazy! But then again...who ISN'T nuts on here?
THANK YOU for the NICE feedback! This brings to mind that you folks also like the beauty of the rain forests, and I feel close to each of you, as though you visited the place with me.
Actually, YOU GUYS are the inspiration for me. I'm no real artist, I'm just a guy shooting in an area that lends itself to beauty. All I have to do is point a camera. 
Thanks again.
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Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous,
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Cameras and Lenses in Use:
Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5,
CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
Tamron Adaptall 28/2.5
Tamron Adaptall SP 300/2.8 LD (IF)
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
All I can say is "you are good Larry"
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Attila
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
| Laurence wrote: |
You guys are crazy! But then again...who ISN'T nuts on here?
THANK YOU for the NICE feedback! This brings to mind that you folks also like the beauty of the rain forests, and I feel close to each of you, as though you visited the place with me.
Actually, YOU GUYS are the inspiration for me. I'm no real artist, I'm just a guy shooting in an area that lends itself to beauty. All I have to do is point a camera.
Thanks again. |
Yes, you are not a "real" artist. Lot more better! I don't like much those sh* that most artist produce nowadays.
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Laurence
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
| Schnauzer wrote: |
| All I can say is "you are good Larry" |
We're ALL good!
Thanks, Ron. I always appreciate hearing from you.
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Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous,
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Cameras and Lenses in Use:
Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5,
CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
Tamron Adaptall 28/2.5
Tamron Adaptall SP 300/2.8 LD (IF)
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Laurence
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
Attila wrote: Yes, you are not a "real" artist. Lot more better! I don't like much those sh* that most artist produce nowadays.
Well, the paintings that I see where someone just splashed the paint onto a huge canvas at random....i tend to agree with you, Attila!
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Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.
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Cameras and Lenses in Use:
Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5,
CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
Tamron Adaptall 28/2.5
Tamron Adaptall SP 300/2.8 LD (IF)
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Attila
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
| Laurence wrote: |
Attila wrote: Yes, you are not a "real" artist. Lot more better! I don't like much those sh* that most artist produce nowadays.
Well, the paintings that I see where someone just splashed the paint onto a huge canvas at random....i tend to agree with you, Attila! |
That is makes me really sad or angry I saw in my life a couple of people as very talented photographer, painter etc. None of them was a "star" and I saw many untalented , nasty people who are "star" artists. This world has serious trouble on justice what is valuable and what is not. For example we all try to save old photographic equipments and we never got any single lines from any makers "yeah" guys you are doing something good.
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naplam
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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naplam wrote:
| GrahamNR17 wrote: |
Your writing on this one is like poetry and the photo a perfect illustration of it. You are a true artist, Laurence!
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This brings to mind that you folks also like the beauty of the rain forests, and I feel close to each of you, as though you visited the place with me.
Actually, YOU GUYS are the inspiration for me. I'm no real artist, I'm just a guy shooting in an area that lends itself to beauty. All I have to do is point a camera. |
But you point it to the right place at the right time too. You've managed to take us there for those 10 seconds. |
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GrahamNR17
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
| Laurence wrote: |
Well, the paintings that I see where someone just splashed the paint onto a huge canvas at random....i tend to agree with you, Attila! |
Hey! That's not randomly splashed paint, that's my photography!
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
This is a great photo Larry.
I think I already saw it - or is it just my imagination?
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Laurence
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
THANK YOU, all of you! I read all your comments and learn from them. They are fully appreciated.
Orio - youare correct! Most of the images that I have shown on here already, are "tagged". Somehow I missed putting a tag on this one. Oh well, maybe some of the newer members haven't seen the image.
Thanks as always. 
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Assent, and you are sane;
Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.
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Cameras and Lenses in Use:
Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5,
CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
Tamron Adaptall 28/2.5
Tamron Adaptall SP 300/2.8 LD (IF)
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Attila
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
| Laurence wrote: |
THANK YOU, all of you! I read all your comments and learn from them. They are fully appreciated.
Orio - youare correct! Most of the images that I have shown on here already, are "tagged". Somehow I missed putting a tag on this one. Oh well, maybe some of the newer members haven't seen the image.
Thanks as always. |
I think if you post same images day by day we will not bored at all.
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