Nicely composed, whimsical shot. This is my favorite of the series, I think.
Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am nearing the end of my project: The > Intersection of Man-Made and Nature > in Contra Costa County and Surrounds (meaning just > over the border into > Alameda County basically), and here is what I have > found: > > No visible signs of pollution (because there are > none), well-managed and > clean landfills (which I did not take pictures of > because they were > uninteresting), garbage by the side of the road only > twice, lots of wild life (except for > deer who mainly seem to occupy the senior community > I live in), lots and > lots and lots of well managed and kept clean open > space, very low level of > ugliness, nature and man-made living side by side > peacefully, a seemingly well > contained and well-run and clean Shell refinery in > Martinez (the same might not > be said for the Shell refinery in Richmond, but I > didn't explore Richmond -- > I kept to central county), other seemingly > well-contained and clean industrial > plants, too many people, and too many cars, and > houses being built up to the > edges of Mt. Diablo State Park. > > So overall the county is doing very well > considering how rapidly it has > grown over the last twenty years. That doesn't mean > there isn't pollution in the > Delta (some maybe from refinery plants, and it's > not visible and there is > only the tail end of the Delta in CC County) and it > doesn't mean there weren't > bigger problems in the past. > > The main crunch facing this county and others in > the area in the future is > continued over population. East Bay Mud has been > warning for years that if > over development occurs then there may well not be > enough water for everyone, > especially in drought years. But certain areas now > have to have approval for > new development and it has been that way for quite > a while, partly to avoid > ugliness and partly for the water situation. > > So I'd say CC County is basically coping with the > environmental problems of > overpopulation as well as any county in California, > which on the whole, is > overpopulated and will continue to grow in > population exponentially. > > That's my mini-report on what I have seen. :-) > > I just got Lightroom, but have not played with its > B&W conversion yet, so > this is still done in Elements 5. > > I also have more shots of this from slightly > different angles and focal > lengths. So this may not be the best one. > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/room.htm > > Comments welcome. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be > censored. > > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
