Walt, Nice catch. The guy seems to have his hospital bracelet still on! And congrats on being in the right place at the right time for a paid gig. I looked at some of your other pictures in flicker and was impressed. You got some characters there to pose for you. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:50 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. > -- 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.
