A Rare Evening Post!
Thought I'd put some little something up tonight, way contrary to my usual pattern, because I need to leave the house in the morning no later than 7:00. The weather looks great, lighting could be "hazy bright"--those with cameras are hoping for a little ground fog but none on top of Buffalo Mountain. Guess we'll take what cards we're dealt. I'm sure I'll have something in the way of an image up by late afternoon, though I might not post as usual in the morning.
Let me briefly comment on a couple of issues I was whining about yesterday:
I can see the end of the comment spam situation soon. Chris O'donnell says MT version 3 will be public very soon, and it curtails most of the spam. And, I have some help out there (thanks Jeremiah!) with the upgrade without risking making a mess of things--this is the hand-holding I'm afraid I have to have for some of this MT stuff. I hate to beg help, but I'm overwhelmed with the kindness of folks in my blogging world.
I think I have a solution to the display of images larger than what I can put up on the weblog...AND a way to make them available since I do get requests for some of them from time to time. I need to do a bit more homework on this and will let you know early next week. I do appreciate the support and encouragement and helpful tips from so many of you regarding my photographic passions. I hate to use the cliched word, but I must say it is "heartwarming". Thank y'all.
(The wildflower pictured here is Columbine. I hope to get a few more shots to best this one. If/when I do, I'll tell some neat things about this flower--one of my favorites!)
Comments
Hello Fred,
I didn't actually want to post a comment about "A Rare Evening Post," but I can't find a contact-the-author link on your site, so I'm using this.
Just wanted to say that I loved your essay on WVTF this morning.
I've often wondered whether other parts of the country draw people the way these Blue Ridge Mountains do. Sometimes it feels like the scenes in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" where all those people are making sculptures and drawings of a big, flat-topped mountain, and they don't know why.
We live in Free Union, between Charlottesville and the Blue Ridge, and were drawn here much as you were drawn to Floyd. So many other people around here have similar stories to tell -- one woman bought the house she lives in, in Advance Mills, because the contour of the Blue Ridge from that spot is exactly what she was looking for. Very Twilight-Zoney, if you ask me!
Anyway, I often hear your commentaries on WVTF and I've enjoyed and admired them all, and have been meaning to contact you and tell you so.
Have you pitched any to national shows? I used to be on "Marketplace," but they no longer have personal commentaries, and hardly ever have humor pieces.
Best regards,
Janis Jaquith
Posted by: Janis Jaquith | April 30, 2004 10:02 AM
Hey Fred,
I've actually had a few minutes to catch up reading your blog this morning. Beautiful shot of the columbine. Was that taken with your D70? I'll have to fill you in on my Photography Club nightmares--a bunch of silly old men sitting around comparing the lenght of their lenses. I never fit in. I am much more content going forth in the world in search of my own vision than sitting around a table having to listen to cronies critique my point of view. Venture out little cricket and have fun shooting whatever the hell pleases you then please post on Fragments all your delicious morsels.
Posted by: Marie Freeman | April 30, 2004 10:39 AM
am I the only one here that thinks this shot is maybe a bit too sexy for fragments?
Posted by: ntexas99 | May 1, 2004 6:13 PM