Thanks, Bob. SOme of the images tones in Photomatix can get rather over-the-top if I say so myself.
----- Original Message ---- From: Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Sun, June 19, 2011 1:11:27 AM Subject: Re: GESO - Monuments and Memorials, Washington DC Mark, 'Eternal Vigilance' is the prettyest and my favorite. Lincoln Monument and Capital Steps are still switched, and steps is 2nd favorite. The sky and business of the others tends to put me off. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > I like these, Mark! I especially like the IR shots--that eternal vigilance > is lovely. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Cassino" <markcass...@ymail.com> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:55 PM > Subject: Fw: GESO - Monuments and Memorials, Washington DC > > > Ugh - let's try that again, since some of the links were broken... > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Mark Cassino <markcass...@ymail.com> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Sat, June 18, 2011 9:51:32 PM > Subject: GESO - Monuments and Memorials, Washington DC > > I visited Washington DC last March and took a few snapshots of the various > monuments, memorials, and other landmarks. Camera of choice was an IR > converted K-10d. > > The weather did not cooperate much. I had a day to myself while my wife was > in a > > > conference, and I used it to walk around the mall. A clear and sunny morning > devolved into a cloudy day with cold misty rain. I took some shots of the > Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The final images were so flat > I > 'hand painted' them in photo shop to give them a little life. Sloppy work on > the > > > hand painting if I say so myself. > > Washington Monument: > > http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/1-IMGP1083_tu1.jpg > > Lincoln Memorial: > > http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/3-IMGP0886.jpg > > The US Capitol was way back lit in the early morning when the skies were > clear. > I > > > took gobs of shots and bracketed like mad, thinking I should find some HDR > software and try to do something useful with the images. I would up getting > Photomatix and, of course, went for the extreme grunge look on the first > try: > > US Capitol HDR / IR: > > http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/2-IMGP1236_tu1.jpg > > I paint what I see... OK - a more subtle approach, again HRD / IR and BW - > > http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/4-IMGP0871.jpg > > A couple of plain IR shots processed through the Photomatix software with > the > red / blue channel swap - ""Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty" > a.k.a. > Man on the Crapper: > > http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/5-IMGP0815_tm.jpg > > And lastly, the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center: > > http://www.calarti.com/peso/m&m/6-IMGP1350_tm2.jpg > > Thanks for looking - > > MCC > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
