Looked out my window Sunday morning and saw this. Couldn't resist.

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Russ,
I must confess that I haven't studied in depth, the works of the great photographers like HCB, Smith, etc. But I am somewhat familiar with their work. I did look up the magnum site to fresh my memory and the words "brilliant" and "gutsy" come to mind when seeing W. Eugene Smith's photos (Link to Magnum).

You have captured the morning light very well.

JMR

Thanks, John. One problem we've had this year is that the record cold snap a week ago took our temperatures down to around 20 degrees Fahrenheit and kept them there for nearly three days eliminating the red and yellow leaves we usually get at this time of year. But the contrast between the brown leaves and the green conifers in the lateral light was too much to resist. That's Garden of the Gods looming up in the background.

Sayeed, There's no doubt Gene Smith was a brilliant photographer. I've always been sort of surprised though that Magnum has him on their site. Gene was a Magnum member for a fairly short time and during that time he nearly bankrupted the organization. He always went on and on with an assignment, trying for perfection. On one assignment -- I think it was Minamata, though I'd have to check to be sure -- he went on and on and kept dipping into the Magnum treasury for the stuff he needed until Magnum had to back away. I think Gene left the organization rather than being pushed out, but off hand I'm not quite sure about that either. His Country Doctor is one of my all-time favorite photo series.

Nice view. Shame about the neighbours!

Jeremy

Fraid so... Actually, their house is a neat little adobe that's been there for seventy or eighty years, but the stupid garage is on the street. You get used to it after a while, and our normal view from the living room isn't down toward the street; it's out toward the Garden. We're on the side of a steep hill. They're down in the flood plain. Maybe someday a gully washer will solve the problem. Nice folks, though. With luck they'll be away on vacation when the flood comes.