I find the composition quite good. Nice shot. Too bad it was taken with that bow-wow of a lens :-))). Paul On Jun 15, 2007, at 2:02 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> Well, I've been lacking in any inspiration lately, as evidenced by my > most resent PESOs. So I decided to revisit some old images that I > really wish had turned out better. This one had a couple of problems. > First and I couldn't do as much as I would have liked here, the > framing > was off, I didn't know what the subjects were going to do and as usual > they did something other than what I expected. However I cropped a > little closer and I guess it looks alright. Secondly the light > skin on > the woman was a bit blown out, and I was unable to really > compensate for > it in any of the raw converters I was using. However Raw Therapee to > the rescue. It was able to bring out detail in areas I thought was > entirely lost. I think I'll be using it for most of the difficult > images I have from now on. (On the other hand it's work flow leaves a > lot to be desired even compared to Pentax Photo Lab 1.0 and RSE > leaves > it in the dust). That said it's capabilities at image processing are > nothing short of amazing, especially for a program that's essentially > free. Well I guess you're interested in the image. > > This was taken about a year ago at a Dance exhibition. Some people > may > remember "Tango!" (I'll post a link in case anyone is > interested). It > was a difficult lighting situation and my compromise exposure rendered > what I thought was a very strong image much weaker than I would have > liked. Well this one wasn't nearly as difficult a lighting situation. > In fact I pretty much nailed the exposure. But then again the subject > was more brightly illuminated than the background. However the > composition bothered me more than anything else, it wasn't exactly > what > I would have wanted. However here it is, the finale of a particularly > violent French dance, the name of which completely escapes me, > where the > male throws the female around like a rag doll. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_finali.html > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 > > Note: I really don't want to hear crap about the M85 being unable to > capture sharp images, it sure as hell out preforms a 6mp sensor, > and it > shows that needing special "digital ready" lenses is just hype. > > P. S. I've been drinking Scotch, so sue me. > > P. P. S. Oh yea. Tango! > http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_tango!%5Ba%5D.html > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is > a dog. > > > -- > 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
