Pictures

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

I wasn't going to join in the water series but what the heck. Like Colin, my 2008 eyes have changed, dramatically.

Not quite 'running water' but fits the theme of water and rocks.

Much power in the water pictures so far. How about something a little bit more quiet. I personally like this one very much. If you want to form your own opinion first, I'll hold any further comments until later.

This is back from 2006. Looking at this with my 2008 eyes I'm probably still happy with the water, but would change the processing on the rocks to make them less stark.

This is from a series I did quite a while ago. More of the series can be found here

I just thought it might be interesting to see another photographer's approach to a similar theme.