[LRflex] Re: Concentration

David,

Thank you very much for the good news. The Trojan pix is very nice and makes
me feel as if I am standing right there amongst the blossoms, and I applaud
the ecological aspects of it. I was hopeful that times had changed in the
mining industry and am happy to see the evidence that it is so.

My background, growing up in a newspaperman's family, has left me with high
regard for well made so called "commercial" shots, which I consider every
bit as much "photographic art" as other variants, but that is a personal
preference and I expect that few may agree with me, which is fine. Different
stroke for different folks.

An iconic example of "commercial" photography that I enjoy, and which lives
in my memory, is Margaret Bourke-White's photo of a dam spillway on the
cover of the first issue of Life Magazine in 1936. You can see it again, if
you are not familiar with it, at:

http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/history/Vignettes/Vignette_66.htm

Your time away from your monopod and our feathered friends has certainly
been fruitful!

With all best wishes,

Bill


On 7/15/08 9:04 AM, "David Young" <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Bill wrote:
> 
>> I'm glad you couldn't "correct" the light pouring in from the upper
>> left corner. It give an air of mystery and a needed accent of color
>> to an otherwise mostly monochromatic shot. Industrial art at its
>> best, I would say; Fortune magazine stuff, perhaps.
> 
> Hi Bill!
> 
> Thanks for the compliment!  These are, indeed, "commercial" shots,
> not "photographic art".  But, as Ted and others can attest, making an
> industrial operation look interesting, if not attractive, is often
> quite a challenge.  I was very pleased with this one.
> 
> As for the light, you are right ... it boosts the shot..  but shots
> taken on "the other side", where that is the only light, are tough,
> tough, though!   I may experiment with B&W, in order to solve the
> colour hassles.
> 
> 
>> And I hope they weren't concentrating the ore by floating it on
>> mercury, the way they used to do with gold.
> 
> Nope.  HVC is one environmentally friendly company, and have won many
> awards for their "clean" technology and reclamation efforts.  Their
> mine stands out, particularly when you look across the road at the
> now defunct Getty Copper site.  Getty operated in the days before
> environmental legislation and just left huge piles of tailings as
> their legacy.  Slowly, nature is reclaiming the land, but it will
> take hundreds, if not thousands of years for that work to be complete.
> 
> Here's a shot of Trojan Pond ... a former tailings pond where they
> now hold fishing derbies!
> 
> http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Trojan.htm
> 
> Cheers!
> 
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