Hi Dave I used the SMC Takumar 85mm 1.8 here from about 10 Meters distance, not a big tele. But after thinking a bit more about it: maybe the light fall angle was not ideal for deeper shadows which would give the illusion of depth. It was later in the afternoon but still.....
Maybe/Sure anyone else knows better. Thanks for looking and the comment. greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: dave g [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:34 PM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: RE: PESO:living in the name of God >> >> >>I think this ends up flat, I agree with Godfrey, because of the >>compression when you use a big zoom (the house wall looks like it's >>directly behind the wall around the grounds. Nice photo anyway, and I >>also like the muted colours. >>Dave >> >>On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:47:33 +0200, "Markus Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>said: >>> Thanks Godfrey for looking and your comment. >>> Would be nice to know what exactly makes a photo look flat, >>it's not only >>> DOF is it? >>> I agree here and will try a conversion to b/w but still like the muted >>> colors somewhat. >>> greetings >>> Markus >>> >>> >>> >>-----Original Message----- >>> >>From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:01 PM >>> >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>> >>Subject: Re: PESO:living in the name of God >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3813470&size=lg (100 KB) >>> >> >>> >>It seems just a bit flat for my taste, both the composition and the >>> >>rendering. Have you tried a grayscale rendering? Might prove >>> >>interesting. >>> >> >>> >>Godfrey >>> >> >>> >>-- >> dave g >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>-- >>http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail >>
