Congratulations on your 40K, and even more so for the beautiful bristle cone photograph.
I always enjoy seeing your photography as well as reading your professional critiques.
Now, how long before you hit 80K?
Thanks
Tom
Hey Tom, thanks so much! I am glad you appreciate my photography, that's always nice to hear.
As for 80k? Maybe by then we will have some virtual brain wave keyboards, and it can type what I think instead of my fingers? On second thought, scratch that... I don't want what I think sometimes to be typed out!
And as for Sunny, he smiles so nice and friendly and then the next thing I know a father with his 4 year old son pass him before they get to me about 20 feet away. So what's Sunny do? He spends like 5 mins trying to bribe this poor innocent 4 year old to call me "old man" as they walk by me.... Now fortunately the 4 year old had more manners than Sunny and Sunny's plan was thwarted as the 4 year old walked by and whispered to me as they passed "Why is that man back there so strange?" I told him, it's because he has been out in the sun too long and his poor brain has been fried. The little 4 year old looked up at me with his eyes so wide, he gulped once, and continued on down the trail with his Father.
See... that's what it is like to be out with Sunny.
Nice bold tree portrait.
Sounds like you and Sunny provide your own entertainment!
Congrats on 40K.
Hope you have some milky way shots but the clouds seem might thick there.
This is a very, well, not beautiful as such, but perhaps engaging capture, Jim...
The clouds set the stage. The rock underneath almost make me motion sick,
and the swirl of the tree itself entices you to look! To gather in the experience
of this place...
...at least for me today as I view this...
Been there on a cloudless sky and would love to have been in your situation. I LOVE this shot. Congratulations on 40K posts and on the excellent photo, Jim.
nugeny wrote:
Hey, Jim, this is awesome in every way.
Just wondering how it looks in color (the original).
Bob
Hey Bob, Glad you like this! But as for the color version, if you want to see the color version you will have to go there yourself to see it. I shot this as a B&W, and the only life it will see is as a B&W. Sorry.
dgdg wrote:
Nice bold tree portrait.
Sounds like you and Sunny provide your own entertainment!
Congrats on 40K.
Hope you have some milky way shots but the clouds seem might thick there.
David
Hey Dave,
Glad you like the photo and thanks!
Yeah, having Sunny around is like having a portable Comedy Club.
Jim
PS. The clouds cleared up during the sunset so we had perfect conditions for Milky Way shooting later on.
lol, my first thought after reading your title was "there's no way that tree is 40,000 years old, I wonder if I should break it to him". Glad you already knew, saved me the dilemma :P
JimFox wrote:
Hey Bob, Glad you like this! But as for the color version, if you want to see the color version you will have to go there yourself to see it. I shot this as a B&W, and the only life it will see is as a B&W. Sorry.
Jim
Jim, that brings me to the question I always wanted to ask, but never did.
The question: Why do you shoot B&W when you know if you shoot colors, you can always convert to B&W. Is there significant advantage to do so, as you did in this case?
The clouds add great drama to an already dramatic tree.
Having only been active on the forums a relatively short time, I certainly appreciate your efforts in commenting and advice. 40k of killer posts, no filler. Here's to another 40k.
Now fortunately the 4 year old had more manners than Sunny and Sunny's plan was thwarted as the 4 year old walked by and whispered to me as they passed "Why is that man back there so strange?" I told him, it's because he has been out in the sun too long and his poor brain has been fried. The little 4 year old looked up at me with his eyes so wide, he gulped once, and continued on down the trail with his Father.
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