More End of Fall Pix

[herron]

Just got a couple more rolls developed that were taken with that Mamiya 35-S rangefinder I acquired a little while ago...I'm really starting to like that camera!

We live by a small lake (in an area of several small lakes). This shot -- not the neatest shot ever, but I think it's pleasant -- I'm posting so I can show the NEXT image, which is a blow-up of a portion of this one....



The next image is a blow-up of just a small portion of the original 35mm frame above. Even given my improper focusing, it still makes a decent image at that significant enlargement...which is why I'm really starting to like that 35-S!



This same shot would be quite different, if taken today. A heavy rain and wind storm (we lost power for more than a day) last week, followed by another heavy wind storm a couple of days ago, have stripped away most of the leaves, and the evergreens just don't look the same by themselves!

[Just Plain Curt]

Great shots Ron, really say autumn to me. Wish the leaves were still there but round here it's been pretty dismal looking for the last three weeks or so. Hard to find anything to shoot outdoors and I'm not much for shooting indoors. Could be a loooong winter.

[Randy]

Winter's settin in for sure. Nice shot!

[philmco]

I like the first shot . The clear foreground really makes it for me and give a feeling of scale. I wonder if a graduated ND filter would have helped bring out the trees across the water? Hard to do effectively with a rangefinder.

[kamera]

Ron,

The second shot, of course, shows the swans up better, but I really like the vertical first shot that shows the in-focus reeds at the bottom. Great depth of field that does perfectly show scale.

I have noticed from your posts of pics that you often do verticals. A lot of people never even consider such since one typically picks up a camera in the horizontal position. I try to always look thru the viewfinder both ways and even snap a vertical when I feel horizontal is better. When you get the prints you can be surprised.

Ron Head
Kalamazoo, MI

[herron]

kamera said:

I have noticed from your posts of pics that you often do verticals. A lot of people never even consider such since one typically picks up a camera in the horizontal position.

Ron,
Thanks.

I always look at scenes in many ways...just the way I "grew up" with cameras, I guess...or maybe my art background. I couldn't explain why I look for images this way, it just happens, unconsciously! Somewhere, I also have quite a collection of images that are ordinary things, looked at in definitely unordinary ways...strange perspectives and angles, uncommon lighting, dandelions in sidewalk cracks, close-ups of rusty hinges, etc.