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Desert Scenes
Dry lake bed on left of highway as you approach BOLA.
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Barrel cactus in boulder field.
Near Catavina.
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Agave and cirios in winter
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Adam tree
On the way to San Francisquito
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Arroyo in the evening
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Elephant tree viewed from above
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Agave field south of El Rosario
The only digital image. All others were from color slides.
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Great work Joe...an education for me...thanks
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The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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What beautiful desert scenes, Igor. I especially like that first one - the dry lake bed has amazing color and texture. I also very much like the
agave and cirios. Very different photos... both appealing in color and texture.
Actually, they're all interesting shots. Thanks for sharing them.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
What beautiful desert scenes, Igor. I especially like that first one - the dry lake bed has amazing color and texture. I also very much like the
agave and cirios. Very different photos... both appealing in color and texture.
Actually, they're all interesting shots. Thanks for sharing them.
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Yes, I like the first one too. I should call it "a whole lot of nothing".
There was a thread recently, by Dennis I think: "What do you like most about baja". My answer should have been: "Nothing".
The earth in parts of baja has that rich red color. I never grow tired of it.
I remember camping at this spot some time ago. The coyotes came at night and howled right outside the van. The following morning their tracks were all
around the camper. I made a batch of oatmeal and ate with the door open, listening to the wind blowing through the silence.
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Great photos. I can't pick which one is my fav. Maybe number 2, no wait, number 3...I like them all. They're making me homesick!
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Thanks, Paulina. I didn't think these type of images were your cup of tea. I always figured you to prefer ones of people and events.
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Beautiful pictures! Where were you standing when you took the picture of the elephant tree?
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I like the Elephant Tree as well. It's a stand-alone beautiful graphic. A surreal abstraction if I may blend the techniques. Blow it up huge and
hang it on your wall.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paula
Beautiful pictures! Where were you standing when you took the picture of the elephant tree? |
On top of one those big boulders. I was younger back then and more willing. 
I have always liked that image but it doesn't come across real well on the computer screen. Perhaps it's that when you project it on to a home screen
and sit fairly close to it the limbs just seem to spread away from you in all directions. I'm also more attracted to form over color. I can be real
happy with an image that has very little color. Very nonlatino in that respect.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Thanks, Paulina. I didn't think these type of images were your cup of tea. I always figured you to prefer ones of people and events.
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I try to take photos like these, but they never turn out as pretty as they looked in my mind's eye. I loved that one you did of the dead cow in the
desert.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I like the Elephant Tree as well. It's a stand-alone beautiful graphic. A surreal abstraction if I may blend the techniques. Blow it up huge and
hang it on your wall. |
Amazing! I just finished writing to Paula only to discover that you said the same thing. It's very reassuring to read your take on it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
I try to take photos like these, but they never turn out as pretty as they looked in my mind's eye. I loved that one you did of the dead cow in the
desert.
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Thanks, Paulina. I guess I feel like a squeezed another compliment from you.
The dead cow picture was this summer. And so is the last one in the above list.
To be honest with you I like my old stuff more than the new. The new ones lack the imagination, or something. But what I really suspect is that it's
due to traveling with kids. I suspect that the good ideas take more time and devotion. I mean I get lucky sometimes and see it but to get an image
like the first one takes a bit of time moping around and looking. Maybe artists see and react quickly but it takes a lot of time for me.
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| Quote: | quote]Originally posted by Paulina
I try to take photos like these, but they never turn out as pretty as they looked in my mind's eye. |
That happens a lot to me also. Especially during the film era. You get it developed and rush home to look. Place it in the slide projector and:
WHAT WAS I THINKING?
I remember an image of a closeup of a bush I got all worked up about. It was just lines going in all directions. It seemed so special through the
viewfinder. But later on you couldn't tell what it was. You couldn't even tell what I was getting at.
... But I still love it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
I remember an image of a closeup of a bush I got all worked up about. It was just lines going in all directions. It seemed so special through the
viewfinder. But later on you couldn't tell what it was. You couldn't even tell what I was getting at.
... But I still love it. |
Patterns, orderly or chaotic, are appealing for a lot of reasons. An attraction to one type or other might explain whst's going on within you at
the time.
Then, on the other hand....... Who knows why?
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