three Crocus

[alfredo]

[JeffR]

1. Absolutely beautiful.

:o

[alfredo]

2. Thanks. That's a scaled down version of my desktop image.

I keep forgetting to use some of my images for that purpose.

[JeffR]

3. It's a perfect desktop.

Big Wheels from the January contest would also be perfect. That's still my favorite photo of 2009.

[alfredo]

4. Thanks. Big Wheels is one of my all time favorites. The

harness racing track is near the location of the "Camptown Races" made famous by Stephen Foster. "CampTown" is not a specific place, it is a shanty town for migrant workers. So our Camptown could, or could not be the Camptown Races of the song, but the national register felt sure enough to erect a sign proclaiming the location.

The equipment is housed in this barn. Next time I go I will go up one more level to photograph more old equipment.



Got this image from Google

[HarveyDarkey]

5. That's a beautiful barn

How many sides is it?

[alfredo]

6. eight sides. Each year our local Dem party holds

its Jefferson Jackson dinner there.

[JeffR]

13. Hope to see what you find in there, since what you've already shared is so good

That building is some kind of beautiful.

[alfredo]

14. We are a horse industry town, even our county jail looks

like a horse barn.




a real horse barn

[Saphire]

7. Oh, I wasn't expecting black and white. Startling and just beautiful.

[alfredo]

8. Sometimes the colors overshadow other beauties.

[Saphire]

9. Agree.

[alfredo]

10. I was raised in a black and white world. Never knew the color

of Ed Sullivan's hair. Color was for the movies, but very rare for the average photographer or home movie enthusiast. My parent's wedding photo looked to be colorized. It had that funeral home pastel about it.

So for me, black and white is the default. I love colors as much as the next person, but I was raised in a black and white world.

[sandnsea]

11. Gorgeous!

Perfect in every way.

[alfredo]

12. Thanks. A black and white Spring might be interesting.

Maybe some day I will try to emulate the various forms of colorblindness.

[hippywife]

15. Just beautiful, 'fredo!

As beautiful as color pics of flowers can be, the texture and detail of those petals are really popping in this B&W.

:hi:

[alfredo]

16. Thank you. I'm hoping I will be able to get out and do more

black and white flowers.


There's some other experiments I want to do with color, but after a bit of study.