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Nice, Ron! I like the "abstract-ness" of your salmon shot. Could almost be an Impressionist painting.

Oh, yeah - now I see those salmon in the background. Never would have noticed them. Cool!

Nice stuff, as usual, Coda. That worker bee looks SURREAL!

Thank you BRrank! That was taken with one of the sigma cameras, I think it's the DP3M.

I just sent my Fuji X100 to LifePixel. http://www.lifepixel.com/?gclid=CJHho9v ... 7AodzCkA1w

I'm converting it to a Super Color IR camera. I should have it back in late September. I'm looking forward to this experiment.

That's interesting. Never heard of converting a digital camera to IR.
Should come up with some very unusual color schemes with that.

Ron Thorne wrote:Very nice image, Justin! I love that Sage plant, a really unique sequential bloom style. I took several shots of a Door's Sage in your brother's yard last year.

There was a huge bush full of them on the bluffs next to the walkway in the park I was visiting. By the way, it doesn't look it, but the photo was actually taken with a compact camera sensor (1/2.3 inch).

what a treat seeing these photos again with captions, Ron. and of course it thrilled me to see Patti's Dad make it to the cabin again. the work Darren has done just blows my mind, totally.

Spectacular scenery, Ron. And what a special place for your son to live.

Ron Thorne wrote:

BFrank wrote:Spectacular scenery, Ron. And what a special place for your son to live.

Yes, the scenery all around us is pretty spectacular. We have to pinch ourselves sometimes.

Brooks, Darren doesn't live at the cabin year-round, he actually lives in southern California with his wife and two children. He comes up in the summer to work on it — a labor of love. It's a seasonal cabin for our entire family. Darren skis into it for a day or two when he comes up with his family for Christmas, though.

He was born and raised in Alaska and always wanted to own a piece of it — and to have a log cabin on a lake. So, he searched for and found this 5-acre parcel and bought it about 10 years ago. Then, he designed the cabin, turning over the construction of the "shell" to two brothers who are skilled log cabin builders. Meanwhile, Darren spent an entire summer building the foundation and sub floor. The cabin was built on their "log lot" in nearby Talkeetna, Alaska, then marked, taken apart and transported to Darren's property on a flatbed trailer in the winter. A snow machine was used to pull the giant logs across the frozen lake to Darren's land where it was carefully stored until springtime when the brothers returned, built a gin pole* (log crane) for lifting the heavy logs, reassembled the cabin and installed the roofing. Darren has done all of the work since, designing each piece as he goes.

*similar to the illustration below but much bigger in scale

Wow.........what a project! Very impressive, and obviously a wonderful get-away.

Love all the trip pics, Ron. Very special. And the cabin is magnificent!

I pre-ordered this book at least 9 months ago. The release date keeps getting pushed out, now set for Feb 2015 in the US.



Review on Amazon
Within the canon of European photography books it would be difficult to find one more famous, revered and influential as Henri Cartier-Bresson's Images a la Sauvette or, as the American edition is titled, The Decisive Moment.
Its value as an out-of-print collectable has risen over the past few decades resulting in keeping this masterpiece out of the hands of many younger photographers. Finally, after 62 years, it is again seeing the light of day this December with a gorgeous facsimile from the German publishing house Steidl. (Jeffrey Ladd Time Lightbox 2014-10-22)

Within the canon of European photography books it would be difficult to find one more famous, revered and influential as Henri Cartier-Bresson's Images a la Sauvette or, as the American edition is titled, The Decisive Moment.
For new generations of photographers and artists who have missed out on experiencing many of the world's important books first hand, it cannot be stressed enough how important this new edition of The Decisive Moment is for a contemporary audience. "Robert Frank's The Americans and Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment were published within a few years of each other in the 1950s and both books have since become the blueprint for the modern photography book," Steidl says. "When you look at them, the design, the sequencing of the photos and the printing are - even 60 years later - much better than most of the printed books on the market today. My intention in reprinting both has been to analyze the contents of the books, the intention of the photographers, and to print them in exactly the same way, so the next generation can see how these fine books were made and secure the future of photography publishing." (Jeffrey Ladd Time Lightbox 2014-10-22)

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Get in line to buy this book, it's likely going to sell out as a pre-order. This is the first time it's ever been reprinted and it's likely not going to get another print run.

Just saw the Matisse cut outs at MoMA in NYC.
This cover (in Coda's previous post) was included in the exhibit.

Nice. That photo shows more detail than the one you posted on facebook. Actually, now that I've viewed the photo on my phone I think the fault lies with my tablet.

Ron, your tree shot almost has a 3D quality to it.