Thanks Mark, Frank. Fireworks is one of those things that we seem to be compelled to photograph, and I would feel uneasy watching a fireworks display without camera in hand. But, truth be told, I have gotten quite bored with the same old same old displays, and I have gotten bored with photographs of those same old sparkling lights. I think Dave Parson's image reflects the same feeling. This year I was looking for something different, and #'s 5 and 6 in the set (I added one more image) come closest to what I was after. I.e., not a photograph of a fireworks display, but a representation of chaotic light and darkness. Even the two starbursts that you like, Frank, I chose because they are distorted and somewhat enigmatic referents for "star bursts" in general. BTW, the added image #6 has been cropped and minor clarity-incrase, sharpening, and noise-reduction operations performed.
stan On Jul 5, 2012, at 8:04 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Lovely, Stan. > > I especially like the starbursts (#3 & 4). > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> > Sent: July 5, 2012 7/5/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <PDML@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: GESO: a few fireworks > > Du'oh. And here's the link: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/fireworks-from-afar > > (In my defense, I would like to note that I just walked 18 holes of golf in > 98°F temps. My brain is fried.) > > stan > > On Jul 5, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > >> Five selections from last night's local show (which was about 2 miles >> distant). Shot in DNG, exported as JPEGs from LR4.1 with no intervening >> processing. No cropping, no color adjustments, no sharpening, nada. >> K20D with DA*60-250, mostly at 225-250. >> >> stan -- 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.
