Aram, The great contrast between the deep maroon and the grayish ground makes the main subjects stand out even more, and the softly rendered OOF parts is also a big plus. I like all the shots in that album, they are all nicely composed. On 16 February 2010 11:53, Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Aram, > your 'Bleeding Heart' images make me wish I could rush out and get a bag > full of macro equipment and lenses to shoot images as good as that and > closeup photography never has been my cup of tea! Bravo, sir. Bravo. > I also must admit hesitating at opening the message because it's > 'Bleeding Hearts' subject line can carry such a negative political meaning, > as well. Phew. > Richard in Michigan > > > > ________________________________ > > > Be Nice To Your Children! > They Will Be Choosing > Your Nursing Home :-) > ________________________________ > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 10:20:10 PM > Subject: [LRflex] Bleeding Hearts > > Thanks Charlie. I should have changed the subject line.... > > Yep, those bleeding hearts withstood two weeks of temperatures bouncing a > few degrees above and below zero F in December. Been very mild since. > > Aram > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Charlie Falke" <chfalke@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 6:47 PM > To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] Re: Politics are unavoidable > > > >> Here is another bleeding heart shoot photo. At the suggestion of > someone > >> on > >> the LaShooters forum, I moved in a bit closer. > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/sp10/bleeding+heart+sprouts-7027.jpg.html > >> > >> A different bunch as the first bunch is opening more. Spring has well, > >> Sprung.... > >> > >> Comments welcome, about the photo only. Won?t answer any other > comments. > >> In fact, I don't even want to see people agree or disagree about my > above > >> violation of my own principles. Just drop it. > >> > >> Aram > >> > > Aram, > > It's beautiful. It gives me faith that our bleeding hearts are > > somewhere down there under all the snow and ice. :-) > > Thanks for the post, all of it. > > Back to the figure skating.... :-) > > > > -- > > Charlie Falke _____ /\ > > | __/\__/------/__) > > |(____\/_________/ > > "One test result is worth | |/ `o > > one thousand expert opinions" - Wernher Von Braun 0 N4003M > > "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein > > > > ------ > > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > > Archives are at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/