Thanks, Bob, for the congrats and kind words.
I didn't notice the hospital bracelet until I started processing. The
loose Band-Aid caught my attention as an intriguing minor detail. But,
the hospital bracelet really was a nice touch in that it made me wonder
what the guy's story was.
And thanks for the kind words on my other Flickr shots. The portraits
were about half-and-half posed and taken on the fly. I was surprised at
how deferential people seemed to be about posing, though. I got the
impression that people don't mind standing still for a moment, as long
as you don't "direct" them.
-- Walt
On 9/27/2010 9:24 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
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
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