> From Christine Aguila > > 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 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_l > arge.html > > Comments welcome. > Cheers, Christine
Stunning stuff Christine and, whatever the issues with the original, you've done a great job of rendering it. As Derby says, it's a worthy PDML annual candidate. Chris -- 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.