It's a great shot. I find the noise in the elbow area a bit distracting but that's a question of taste. A real keeper.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Walter Gilbert <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Larry. > > The main reason for ISO 800 at 1/1600 was the fact that my flash had started > triggering on a couple of shots before that, so rather than manually shut it > down, I just bumped up the ISO to minimize the necessity for it, but still > have it pop up just in case it was necessary for the shot. I only had the > batteries that were in the camera as I went to the festival with the goal of > simply taking a few interesting shots. But, a few minutes before that, it > turned into a paid gig (my first, actually). Seems the woman who was > responsible for taking the pictures for the awards ceremony ended up > breaking her camera somehow, and needed someone to step in. I just happened > to be strolling by in her moment of desperation. So, essentially, I bumped > up the ISO to save on flash usage to make sure I didn't run out of battery > before the awards ceremony was over. > > The smoothing of the shirt was kind of a happy accident when I ran Noise > Ninja in auto-profile. Somehow, after I converted to b/w, it took the > texture of the shirt as noise, but left the skin untouched. I was actually > delighted when I saw what it had done. I think it would have ruined just > about any other shot, but on that one, I just liked the contrast. > > All-in-all, it was a serendipitous day for me. I'm also locked in to take > photos for next year's festival. And, given that it's the biggest annual > event in town, I think it could turn out to be great for potential business. > The woman also happens to be politically connected, so there could be even > more opportunities if she likes the work I've done -- which I'll be dropping > off to her on a DVD tomorrow. > > Thanks again for the kind words. Sorry to be so long-winded in response -- > but, it's kind of a big deal for me. :-) > > Best, > > Walt > > > On 9/27/2010 12:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> On Sep 26, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: >> >>> Another shot captured at the local BBQ festival - this one of a gentleman >>> enjoying the show being put on by a local bluegrass-fusion band called Bawn >>> in the Mash. >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5028669904/#/ >> >> Love that shot, great tonality. >> >>> K-x, DAL 18-55mm, f/4, AE, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec. >>> >>> As always, comments, critiques, and manufacturer's coupons accepted. >> >> I'm curious, why ISO 800 and 1/1600 rather than ISO 200 and 1/400? I'd >> expect that 1/400 would pretty much freeze most dancers. >> >> The processing is also rather interesting. The shirt seems very much >> smoothed out, but the skin tones seems almost like they were sandwiched with >> a negative of shots of sand or something. >> >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Walt >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
