The first of these is great - agree about the Magritte reference - it's the light on the stump and the clouds that invoke that - see for example http://www.allposters.com/-sp/La-Chateau-des-Pyrenees-Posters_i389181_.htm Alastair
On 2/2/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all who posted comments on this. Looks interesting enough > to try some of your suggested improvements. > > So here is round #2: > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285b.htm > > Original for comparison: > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285.htm > > -- > Bruce > > > Thursday, February 1, 2007, 12:40:54 PM, you wrote: > > GD> Crop it square, even out the illumination and shadow on the > GD> foreground, and you have Rene Magritte beat. ;-) > > GD> G > > GD> On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > >> This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood > >> and the sky as background cause it to look sort of like a mountain or > >> something. I'm not even sure how appealing it is, but it is rather > >> interesting. > >> > >> Pentax K10D, DA 16-45/4, Handheld > >> ISO 100, 1/125 sec @ f/13 > >> > >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285.htm > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net