Pictures

Not a new shot - I've been re-editing some of the early shots from the yellow lines series.

Apologies for the gap in posting and commenting. I'm just beginning to catch up now.

The Grevillia is flowering and we have these chattering chaps in our backyard daily having a feed.

I've been playing with this shot for two years now, never really satisfied with the result. I find it very difficult to get the tonality and colors right. So when LightRoom 2 came, I gave it another try, and this time I'm closing in on something. I still have to work a little more on some details, but I think I'm getting there. I think this version may be a bit oversharpened, but my eyes are a bit tired right now so I don't really see it.

Anyone recognize it?

Umm....my little accident shot, but I kinda like it :-)

This was the shot that got me started on this project last summer. Between this and the one in my previous post, there is loads of pictures, and very few that are worth showing, if any. I think I will have to go on for a while before I get enough to assemble a series.

Greetings All,

Nice to get an invite to join the group (Thanks, Robert!). Have people done introductions at all? I'm familiar with a couple of the member's blogs...

Seeing as I'm just returned from a couple weeks in Europe, I'll start with one of my vacation shots from Munchen. A lovely city. This was taken in the Englisher Garten, a large, very pleasant city park running through the city along two rivers. There are a couple of delightful beer gardens in it--this one is by the "chinesischer turm" (chinese tower). The fellow with the hat is the driver of a tourist carriage, and he's posing with one of the passengers. I believe her husband was taking their photo. The horse looked like he wanted some of what the driver was drinking, thus the title. I don't like the way I caught the van behind her head, but the whole thing happened in a few seconds, so it was basically a street-type grab. Still, I'm pleased with the overall lighthearted feel of the image that so captured the way the place felt. Germans sometimes call Munich the "village of 1 million".

It was very calm when I snapped this, a lazy Friday. A week before when I showed up here it was the night of the Germany-Spain European cup final and the place was a madhouse. All the youth of Munich turned out, faces painted, patriotic songs, horns, mugs crashing together,... quite the contrast.

In a recent post at my own blog, I mentioned a small surprise suggestion that might be something for this group. I don't know.
Have a look here.

http://blog.lentic.net/2008/07/11/print-swap-group/

I conceived the idea long before I became part of this group, and I don't know if this is something the members here would like to do. After all, it consumes more time, effort, and money than just an online discussion. And I guess it is most interesting for those who run their own printer.

Anyway, the idea is out, and I'm open for discussion. And no hard feelings if you don't think the idea is applicable here. There is always room for a parallel special interest group.

regards,
Kjell