Re: CAT: PHOTO: Color/form
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CAT: PHOTO: Color/form
- From: G* S*
- Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 17:57:21 -0700
Linda Mann wrote:
>
> wmoores wrote:
> > Maybe, these digital cameras will bring us the perfect pictures we
> > are looking for.
> Gerry,
> <Not bloody likely. At least in the immediate future.
> There are just about as many variables in digital images
> as there are in film prints, and the technology is less mature.>
>
> But the really nice thing about digital for me is seeing a variety of
> amateur & pro photos in different parts of the country under different
> growing conditions of the same cultivar - & if the picture doesn't match
> what folks think it really looks like, we get feedback which is helpful.
> Plus, if it's picture is taken all over the country, I know it tolerates
> a range of growing conditions. Catalog photos tend to be much more
> idealized. So in that sense, Walter, maybe the suite of photos is
> 'perfect' <g>
Linda,
I certainly agree that iris-photos is a Good Thing. And that
digital cameras are a boon to the list (although at least
some pix are scanned from slides or film prints).
Gerry
--
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Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair, Region 15 RVP
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm, winterless Los Angeles--USDA 9b-ish, Sunset 18-19
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