Square Tour
These shots are the taken around Market Square while testing the Olympus XA2 and continues a series from those tests, many of which concentrate in this location. These compromise a bit of a tour of the building, much like Square Diagonals did, but without a theme of shadows or lines as in the rest of the series.
I passed through Market Square with Melinda Green Harvey in early August. She is said to carry boulders in her camera bag to use as convenient props in her photos, like these ones. I figure the one I found loose on the third floor is hers.
While taking the shot I got laughed at by three beautiful women, traveling together as such women often seem to. I was glad to amuse them, but it did not help make the shot any better. The only reason I was taking the photo was to amuse Melinda. It seems her laughter travels well – maybe she keeps it in her camera bag and a little bit escaped along with this rock.
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- Out back
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- Top deck glassed in
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- Crop from out south
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- Out west
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- From middle deck
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- Melinda’s missing laughter
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- Out south
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- Central pavement
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- Central square from middle deck
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- Top deck
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Olympus XA2, f3.5/35mm lens, Fuji Superia X-Tra 400 film, scanned with Epson V700, processed in Lightroom 5.
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Ehpem – It is true that laughter travels well. And it lightens the weight of the boulders.
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Your comment sounds like the opening sentences of a novel.
And that is appropriate since I have already taken some artistic license by calling this stone a boulder. Technically I think it is a cobble, at least on the Wentworth scale of sediment grain sizes.
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It also sounds like the last lines of a poem – if it turns into either novel or poem I will be sure to let you know. In any case, I will try to work in the phrase “Wentworth scale of sediment grain sizes.”
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You could use a different grain size scale – perhaps the Krumbein Phi Scale?
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I think I need to review all the scales, so I can pick the one that sounds the best. How many are there?
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I heard you are a “fund raiser” in your other life. Now I can see this might be true.
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Just trying to keep things interesting. Or something.
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Get Rich Quick, or How to Open Other People’s Wallets – a new blog post by world renowned blogger MGH.
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That would probably be my most-read post ever.
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You don’t want to go there – many scales in different fields of science and different countries. There is an ISO scale – maybe you can work with that since your blog is read internationally.
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It sounds like MGH is a fun photo partner! Maybe she should have her own workshop.
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That would be fun…I should work on planning one. Where should we have it?
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She is a fun person! She should have her own photo workshop, in west Texas and adjacent areas. It would be a great thing to go see her favourite haunts, camera in hand.
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Register early! PhotosWithMel will probably fill up pretty fast….
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Rats, I just tried to register – filled up in less than 3/4 of an hour!!! Maybe next time.
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Just email me your credit card information; I can probably still get you in.
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