On Jun 5, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Larry there are some very good shots hiding in there. That man is a > great subject.
Thank you. I'd like to do some "romance novel cover" photos with him. I've got several friends into historical costuming and live near cliffs overlooking the ocean. > > But sadly, it's *way* too much effort to scroll through all of those You are right. > looking for them. I do like 59440.jpg and 59468.jpg especially. Thanks. > > Before you spend another moment comparing MTF charts, I recommend you > practice editing shoots like that down to 1 to 3 shots to post. Use > the stars in Lr to rank the and do a few passes. That's pretty much what I did. I did a couple passes of rating, then had Zab do a pass. What is left are the ones I posted for him to choose from. I'm waiting for his feedback. > > BTW, try having him tilt his head away from the camera toward his far > shoulder a little in more shots where he's turned 3/4. Like 59521.jpg. Thanks. > > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> I got a text, night before last, from a friend asking if I still had a K20 >> charger. He is starting to teach classes at a dance studio, and was >> planning on getting together with his boss, set up the camera and have her >> take some pictures, but couldn't find his charger. By the time the dust >> settled, he came over here and we did a quick photo session in my back yard. >> >> K-5, FA77, on a monopod, which seems like a reasonable compromise between >> mobility and stability. About halfway through the shots of him in a black >> shirt, I put the AF540 on for fill light. >> >> Going over the photos, I've got a distressing number where the camera is >> focused on something closer to me than his eyes, despite my attempt to set >> the focus point on his eyes. Usually on some high contrast feature of his >> shirt. The close ups seem to be focused just right, so it's more of a focus >> point selection issue, than a front focus issue. >> I'm still waiting for my focus screen adjustment shims from Pentax, it's >> been about a month. I ordered a variety, and got a note that a couple were >> on back order, and I can't seem to drop those from my order and get it >> shipped already. >> >> Anyways, comments and suggestions on these are welcome. >> http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629997379781/ >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
