On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Christine Aguila <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi Everyone: In early Oct, my husband & I took a drive down Rush St.; I > hadn't been there for years. I tended bar on Rush st. for several years at
> a place called The Hangge Uppe, And another satisfied graduate of Brooks' spellin school.;-0 and it's still there, though much has > changed on the street. Anyway, I took this pic--a real drive-by, though I > was stopped at a stop sign. The original pic is a mess--at 2500 ISO it's > grainier than an Iowa silo, and it has enough of those pink & blue artifacts > to give a digital archeologist an orgasm. I think those 3 lights in the > background biased the metering causing the original pic to > underexpose--hence the grain/artifact issue when trying to brighten it up. > > Since Oct, I've been rendering the heck out of it, and tonight I think I've > finally settled on this rendering. Interestingly though, just now I printed > this pic on some Illford Gold Fiber Silk, 8 1/2 x 11, and it looks A LOT > less grainer than this digital version. > > > http://tinyurl.com/ygzuu7m > > http://www.caguila.com/caguila/rushstcouple/content/20091010__IGP5336_large.html > > Comments welcome. > Cheers, Christine I like this rendering Christine. Has a 3D feel to it for some reason. I think it would have been nice if both heads had the light to the side, as opposed to the guy having the light behind him, but i realize the limitations here. Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.