On Jan 30, 2014, at 7:22 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you did a pretty good job with the exposure, Larry, and it > might be better done your way than HDR'ing it, unless you were very > careful in post. Thanks Bruce, also Attila, Ken and all who looked. > > However it has an unfortunate overall haze to it; possibly veiling > flare? I wonder if HDR would have avoided that? Or at least stacking. While I ended up using something dark to block the lens (black sleeve over my hand) , I didn’t do a good job of making sure that it was in shadow, so there is slight reflection off of it. > > Great subject! Thanks. This is my second attempt. A couple weeks ago I tried it without a tripod, and that was a fail. > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> Joe's is a bar in downtown Boulder Creek. Getting the exposure right with >> the lit sign, the neon, and everything else was a bit of a challenge, >> particularly since the neon blinked. >> >> I ended up doing a long exposure, catching it for a short time with the >> neon lit, then subsequently covering the lense when the neon was lit >> and only exposing when the neon wasn't lit, to keep the highlights from >> blowing out. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/12218224426/ >> >> I suppose that if I weren't so lazy, I would have just done it using HDR. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
