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22-MAY-2010

Ignoring the weather, Bannack, Montana, 2010

One of my traveling companions ignores a heavy snow shower to make an image in the virtually deserted Bannack ghost town. She wisely chooses to stand under the cover of an old building to keep the snow off her lens.

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Phil Douglis18-Jun-2010 00:41
My exchange of comments below with Rose was an in-joke, Carol. Tim helped me to eliminate the clutter of a random bystander at the right hand edge of the picture with some very skillful retouching. I was ready to simply crop out the mess, but Tim made the image work even better by eliminating the bystander and retaining the very important directional thrust of the fence and background building with his post processing magic. I like the image as well -- it does tell the story of how photographers find ways to solve such problems as keeping a camera dry during a wet snowfall. You do a beautiful job of defining the function of composition within this image. Thanks, Carol.
Carol E Sandgren17-Jun-2010 18:44
Well, I don't know what your comment is all about, Phil, but I really like this image. A photographer takes many risks both with him/herself as well as the camera gear in spite of trying to take precautions. In my mind, getting the shot must come first. I like the way you framed this, telling a story of a photographer staying protected from the elements. All the shapes in your image here work to frame this person, all the way out from the vertical wooden siding of the structure and the horizontal line of the fence to that little wayward branch of a tree or shrub which leans in to kind of point right to the photpgrapher.
Phil Douglis17-Jun-2010 00:27
Thanks for telling the whole world how our friend Tim helped me save this image of you in the snow, Rose.
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