{"id":1411,"date":"2009-12-30T13:32:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T04:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-12-30\/1411"},"modified":"2009-12-30T13:32:06","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T04:32:06","slug":"smoothly-curved-water-basins-to-moss-or-not-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-12-30\/1411","title":{"rendered":"Smoothly Curved Water Basins: To Moss or Not, That Is The Question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D3 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 36 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 3200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWater Basin Carved From Solid Moss<\/span>\nPhoto By Paul Barr<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

I mentioned in “Stone Carvings: Curves, Crowns, an Ouchie, and More<\/a>” how\ndrawn I was<\/span> to the curved shapes among the many items in the gardens behind the\nNishimura Stone Lanterns stone-carving workshop<\/a>. I recall<\/span> several\nmoss-covered basins, but I seem<\/span> to have neglected to take pictures of any. I'm really<\/span> drawn to them while reviewing the day's photos, but I apparently<\/span>\ndidn't pay much attention while I was<\/span> there because the only photos I have<\/span>\nof them are Paul Barr's, who went with me on that trip.<\/p>\n\n

One of my favorites is the plain curved water basin that I featured<\/span> in\nmy “Paul Barr +\nStonecarver\u2019s Garden + Lightroom<\/a>” post...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D3 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nIn Its Proper Light<\/span>\nPhoto By Paul Barr<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The unprocessed shot at the bottom of the “Paul Barr \/\nStonecarver's Garden” post truly had no post-processing except for\nresizing, so its white balance setting remained at what the camera guessed\nat. The one above<\/span> was set after using a netural<\/span> card for reference, like this<\/a> and this<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

In looking at the two above – moss vs.<\/i> stone – I very<\/span>\nmuch prefer the second. I vaguely<\/span> recall a really<\/span> great moss-covered basin,\nbut I can't<\/span> find it in the photos. I guess<\/span> I'll have to just head back to\ncheck it out. The current<\/span> forecast is for a touch<\/span> of snow tomorrow night\n(New Year's Eve), so maybe a trip<\/span> back to the gardens on Jan 1 will be in\norder.... a little<\/span> frost-dusted moss might make for a pretty<\/span> sight.<\/p>\n\n

Like I said, I barely<\/span> noticed these things while I was<\/span> there, so I'm\nvery glad that Paul gave me a dump<\/span> of all his shots, and the permission to\nshare them. He's an excellent<\/span> photogrpher with a great<\/span> eye, so it's too bad\nthat he doesn't have the time\/energy to share them in an online gallery\nhimself. He just enjoys<\/span> taking pictures. I can't<\/span> say that I blame<\/span> him... to\nshare them takes a lot<\/span> of effort, even with great tools like Lightroom.<\/p>\n\n

On the other hand, keeping in mind my blog while I'm out with the camera\n– what I might<\/span> want to share, and how – really adds a lot<\/span> of\nenjoyment for me.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in \"Stone Carvings: Curves, Crowns, an Ouchie, and More\" how drawn I was to the curved shapes among the many items in the gardens behind the Nishimura Stone Lanterns stone-carving workshop. I recall several moss-covered basins, but I seem to have neglected to take pictures of any. I'm really drawn to them while reviewing the day's photos, but I apparently didn't pay much attention while I was there because the only photos I have of them are Paul Barr's, who went with me on that trip.<\/p>

One of my favorites is the plain curved water basin that I [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,23,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}