W/NW Pic O' The Week # 45

[Uhooru]

<p>Sorry for the late start, Hockey match tonight. So time to post your favorite pic o' the week. I'll start with one from Downtown LA Garment District taken with the Contax G2 and 35mm. Lets see what you have. <img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8349038580_29d79596aa_o.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[charlie lemay]

<p>From last week. M2 CV 75mm f2.5, Fuji Acros ISO 1.5, ZoneSimple Extreme.</p><div></div>

[baisao]

<p><em>Mamiya 7ii / 80mm / FP4+ / Pyrocat-HD</em><br>

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Please click<strong> <a href=" </strong>to view larger on Flickr.</p><div></div>

[skeeter]

<p>for charlie</p><div></div>

[charlie lemay]

Thanks Skeeter, very nice.

[Brad Cloven]

<p>Kodak Retina IIIc, TMax 400.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18121273-lg.jpg" alt="" width="795" height="1200" /></p>

 

[Robin Smith]

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[Allen Herbert]

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[baisao]

<p>Truly lovely, Brad.</p>

<p>Skeeter, I've tried half a dozen times to get a photo of that tree that I liked and have never been successful. Between the poison ivy and height of the knot, I've had a devil of a time getting into a stable enough position to get a good shot of it. I am drawn towards how it opens up like a flower. It was a terrible storm that brought it down but I'm glad it's been left there. </p>

[skeeter]

<p>pretty sure it can be done a lot better, jim. poison ivy????? yikes.<br>

that area behind the rocks is really special.</p><div></div>

[knut_schwinzer]

<p>Barry, thanks, you're a gentleman!<br>

Jim, I thought it was obvious, but as nobody referred to it: cropping the upper line of the cast iron nipples out, and you count fifty...<br>

Nice colors all!</p>

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[baisao]

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<p>poison ivy????? yikes.</p>

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<p>Yes, and lots of it. I gets hidden by the Turk's Cap but that area is full of poison ivy. I would probably have to climb up and balance on the log to get the shot. It's a great area for testing out lenses.</p>

<p>A month ago I encountered the most unpleasant family. They saw me (not wearing a ranger's uniform, as I was) and started asking me where the "real trails" were. They were bickering and complaining about there not being any "real trails". I was kind of beside myself. I see trails everywhere yet I didn't know what a "real trail" was. I still don't. I enquired and they told me that they just moved here from Oklahoma.</p>

<p>Last weekend, I'm framing up a large format shot further along in the same area when this Chinese woman comes up to me and asks the very same question: where are the "real trails"? I had spent a considerable amount of time framing and focusing this shot (I am a large format neophyte) and was just about to trigger the shutter when this shockingly unpleasant woman begins shouting this question at me, right in my face. "Where are the real trails at?!?!? Where are the real trails at?!?!"</p>

<p>It's the damndest thing I've seen. I took the photo and it came out but I've been rattled for days. I swear I left my Smokey Bear hat at home.</p>

[baisao]

<p>Terrific mood, Knut!</p>

 

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<p>Jim, I thought it was obvious, but as nobody referred to it: cropping the upper line of the cast iron nipples out, and you count fifty...</p>

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<p>That's a fine point, sir. I am loath to crop but may have to make an exception. It would strengthen the image and symbolism. I had thought of it as a kind of flag so your suggestion is in line with my sense of the image.</p>

 

[skeeter]

<p>jim,<br>

just go there when the weather is bad, you'll be all alone...</p>