on 6/15/04 6:20 PM, Robert Palmieri at rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Doug - > > See what I mean... there really ain't all that much "there" there. > > Thank you for stating my goal with more clarity that I could apparently > muster. > > Bob Palmieri > >>>> telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/15/04 5:31 PM >>> > Let's see if I 'get' the concept - your goal is to use the birds as > compositional elements in the picture as a whole rather than pictures > 'of' the birds with collateral habitat. Yes? > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > Robert Palmieri <rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Well... seeing as how you asked and all that, I'll answer your inquiry >> by posting some "works in progress" meaning I feel that they're a lot >> rougher in concept and/or execution than stuff I'm used to sharing > with >> the group (not that those are all that much more fully baked). >> >> Here we have a trio of familiar urban avians doing their best to help > me >> with my "mannered" and formal rendering (shot on my belly with a 'flex >> and 50 'cron): > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/chicago-birds/pigeons > >> And here I've tried to make the flyer into the best "level reference" >> against the skewey solid building: > >> http://www.pbase.com/image/29939477 > >> Both jpegs are looking a little dark but the general ideas are > there... > \ Bob, I think it's a cool idea and unlike much of bird photography it hasn't been done to death. Go for it. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/