Essays taken from a weekly newspaper column published in the Washington County News, Washington, Kansas. Look for my book, "Dispatches From Kansas," available from Amazon.com, from the author or Town Crier Bookstore, 716 Commercial, Emporia.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The house Chivers built--within the octagon
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Wes
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Great photos, Tom. Were these taken with the D700 and the 24-70 lens?
Wes -- They were taken with the D300 and Tokina 12-24. Even at 18 mm (12 + 1.5X crop factor=18), the lens was inadequate to get the entire staircase. I needed a D700 and Nikon 14-24. I now have the former but not the latter, alas.
Circles within an octagon - for some reason it reminds me of a turtle. It's like finding movement and fluidity within a hard shell.
(Well,that reminds me of Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates metaphor. Now I'm seeing the house as a luscious treat, and your photos as the thumb cracking the bottom to see what might be inside.)
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Great photos, Tom. Were these taken with the D700 and the 24-70 lens?
Wes -- They were taken with the D300 and Tokina 12-24. Even at 18 mm (12 + 1.5X crop factor=18), the lens was inadequate to get the entire staircase. I needed a D700 and Nikon 14-24. I now have the former but not the latter, alas.
Circles within an octagon - for some reason it reminds me of a turtle. It's like finding movement and fluidity within a hard shell.
(Well,that reminds me of Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates metaphor. Now I'm seeing the house as a luscious treat, and your photos as the thumb cracking the bottom to see what might be inside.)
I'm especially taken with that first photograph.
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