Stirling is a volunteer at the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, CA. If you ever are in the area, try and catch a silent film there. A live organist accompanies the film, and the organ's pipes illuminate as they play.
Stirling is a volunteer at the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, CA. If you ever are in the area, try and catch a silent film there. A live organist accompanies the film, and the organ's pipes illuminate as they play.
madNbad wrote: James Markus wroteI've been visiting two pairs of trees since 2017 in a local park. One was in flower, and I tracked down the variety (Royal Star Magnolia - Magnolia stellata), and planted one in the yard. It did great until this year. I went back to visit the park again and shoot the other (unknown variety to me) pair of trees. Turns out they are heavily pruned Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). An ancient tree that was thought to be extinct for millions of years, and fossils of it are found all over the world. In 1949 the Chinese found a forest of them growing, and they are spreading all over the world again. I brought a tripod and four cameras this time - still not knowing anything about the tree except I loved it's shape (not natural), and how it rarely is empty of children - they are always climbing it. The park is one families attempt of creating a 20 acre botanical garden which they ended up donating to the county many years ago.We have three Metasequoia's on the property line with our neighbors behind our house. They were planted shortly before we moved in and they're in the mix with the Douglas Firs and Western Red Cedars. The Dougs drop cones but the Metasequoia propagates by sending shoots up from the roots. Every year, I'll trim the shoot off. It looks like the park took advantage of that growth by letting the shoots mature but restricting the height. There is one on the corner of the property and the only one that isn't blocked by the other conifers. It's about thirty years old and probably seventy feet tall. My joke is three hundred years from now, it'll be easy to find our house....Show more →
Online claims they are very fast growing, and that they loose their needles in the fall. There is a Youtube showing them in fall colors - so I plan another visit about mid October. This whole park is full of odd plants, but the kids have been killing them off by carving into their bark (threatened Beech), and some of the varieties don't like being climbed, and die. I feel bad, because I shot a huge extended family of about 30 people in one of them, and now only it's main upright bones remain. It use to be a huge fan shape, but on only one plane. (photo)
Stirling is a volunteer at the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, CA. If you ever are in the area, try and catch a silent film there. A live organist accompanies the film, and the organ's pipes illuminate as they play.
grantgoodes wrote: Novak77 wroteSaw this scene in a previous photo walk, and knew I had to come back when it was night. Luckily my friend K was down for the quixotic task of me shooting slide film after dark
Canon EOS1v, 24-70mm f/2.8 II, Fuji Velvia 100Amazing shot: Truly captures the dream-like vision of a night-walk, and the colours are just so interesting, avoiding the sepia look of incandescent lighting! And all that with 100 ASA slide-film: You have my respect.
Thank you so much.
I had no clue if this would work or not, and out of the 12 or so shots I took of the scene, this was the only keeper lol.