Re: Schreiner '96 intros

On Sat, 16 Mar 1996 Lbaumunk@aol.com wrote:

> How about a cyberopinionpoll on the subject of the new Schreiner
> introductions?  (Chris H., I know you might not have the stomach for this
> right now.  ) :  )  Which one do you find the most appealing?  Which do you
> predict to garner the highest award?   
> 
Chris Hollinshead replies:
Sure, lets do the opinion poll,  sounds like fun. I guess we'll have to 
wait a few years to find out if we were right or not though! 
I'm picking SKYWALKER to go on to greatness in irisdom. (HONKY TONK BLUES x 
ALTRUIST) Second pick would probably be SKYLARK'S SONG. SWINGTOWN 
ispretty nice looking though. But how many "cover" iris have gone onto be 
big award winners? I'll have to check the catalogue collection. 

One thing that I've noticed with the photos this year and a few from last 
year is that there is a departure from the format of the view that is 
shown. There are views from every sort of angle in this years catalogue. 
Not so sure that I like it. I like them all shot from the same 
angle--straight on to one of the falls.(for TB's anyway) This way suble 
differences in 
the shapes of the blooms can be compared, also I like them all to be the 
same 
for the sake of consistency in the look of the catalogue. I also like the 
photos of the iris that are studio shots with controlled lighting as they 
definitely show the detail much, much better than in the garden shots. A 
couple of years ago the photos of the new intros were a lot better 
photographically. I don't really like the photos close-cropped either. 
All this years are close-cropped except SKYWALKER. For examples of some 
of the better shots photographically check out the 1992 catalogue;ISLAND 
SUNSET, FALL FIESTA, CLASSIC LOOK. 1993 Catalogue; NORTHWEST PRIDE, 
RAMBLIN' ROSE, and almost all of the other intro photos in that years 
catalogue. They are superb quality photos showing every nuance of the 
irises. Now to the other end of the spectrum the photo quality of some of 
the new intros in the 1995 catalogue is abysmal, for example;PARTY 
LIGHTS,DREAMSICLE. In the 1996 catalogue HEAVENLY VISION, CAJUN RHYTHM and 
SOMBRERO WAY could be much better if shot in the studio and at the 
"normal TB iris" angle. 
I digress from the cyberopinionpoll. Oh well.


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Chris Hollinshead e-mail: bu336@torfree.net
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
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