Photographer’s Notes
I was working on a photo for the Low Tech Invitational and noticed that in one of my shots I had exactly 7 seeds. Hmm … maybe this would work for Lucky 7!
The text of the letter was composed by me based loosely on a biography of Mendel. It was formatted with a handwritten font and printed on the paper from a grocery sack. The seeds are in fact dried peas. The seal is a genuine wax seal and the pen is an old pen from my wife's caligraphy set.
In many ways this is a tribute to Gregor Mendel. His biography is interesting … as a newly minted priest; he was assigned to a parish but failed in the role of parish priest. He was then assigned to teach but had such a great fear of taking tests he became severely ill at the prospect of taking them. He did not pass them to become a certified teacher. At the direction of the Church, he turned his attention to the study of what would become genetics and discovered the properties of genes, dominant and recessive traits and so on. His work was ignored during his lifetime and was recognized only after his death.
So here for your viewing pleasure … “Mendel’s Legacy.”
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Nikon D70
2004/11/25 14:35:50
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: 105mm F/2.8 D
Focal Length: 105mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
8 sec - F/32
Exposure Comp.: +0.5 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Vivid
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-S
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Normal
Sharpening: Auto
Image Comment:
Noise Reduction: Fixed Pattern
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Beautiful. The pen's a little distracting, seemingly out of focus and the paint flaking off it bugs me, but it's a minor detail. Overall a wonderful shot and better than the competition for the story value. 9.
Gregar Mendel? Never heard of him. I'm ignorant, I guess. Nice composition. I like the look of the pen, but I don't like that the text doesn't help me understand what Mendel dicovered.
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