Smartphones .... I had to wait around quite a bit for scenes to clear since there was a bunch of people and *okemon Go yesterday. I don't know if they actually enjoyed the beauty of their surroundings. At least they were outside I suppose, and it was nice to see families doing stuff together. Sample:
Ray, that has to be one of the most distressing pictures I've seen on this site. It's difficult to be sure with this screen resolution, but it looks as if at least 16 of the 19 or so people in the image are engaged in a virtual world oblivious of the beauty of the real world around them and the unpredictable possibilities of interacting with real people.
Well captured, but sad commentary.
I think they were all engaged in the virtual world, some of them just happened to look up for a few seconds. I must admit, it's a conscious effort for me to enjoy my surroundings when I'm out photographing, especially when I travel somewhere that's a long way from home and I don't think I would be back anytime soon. I'm happy to say that I've seen real progress in just enjoying the present time for myself, with the camera securely put away. Perhaps that come with age but I know it for sure it comes with the company I'm in when I travel.
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Oosty wrote: pbraymond wrote:
A European Larch with the 180mm f2.8 AIS.
Ray - a lovely image that sparked my curiosity. I'd never seen a conifer that is deciduous so I googled it to find that the European Larch's latin name is Larix Decidua - one never stops learning
Did some learning myself too Peter. At first I thought it was a dead/dying conifer, jumped on the botanical garden's website and traced it down that way. There are few specimens there and it really makes for a colorful walk.
