Nice work. The heron is superb. Paul via phone
> On May 7, 2016, at 8:34 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > Going over my photos from Thursday I have learned a few things. > Unfortunately, these are mostly things I've learned before, so I'll probably > continue to make the same mistakes. > > 1) Use a tripod. A good one. I know it seems like the photos turn out fine > when looking at them on the back of the camera, but really, you spend all > that money on good gear, don't mess it up. > > 2) When the lighting changes, photograph a color reference. > > 3) Clean the front element of your fisheye lens, particularly when shooting > into the sky, i.e. any time you take a photo outdoors. > > 4) Doing HDR processing of two frames when shooting running water can give a > very cool effect where you get both the sense of movement and the shape of > the splashing water. It would be really nice if lightroom gave more control > over blending two photos in that manner. > > 5) If I'm going to be photographing landscapes,in the forest, late in the > afternoon, while stitching panoramas taken with a K-3 and the 16-50 will > "work" I really "need" a K-1 and 15-30. > > 6) I need better (and better fitting) sandals if I'm going to be on uncertain > terrain immediately after walking through a creek. Uncertain footing either > between the ground and the sandal, or the sandal and my foot is a kind of fun > that I can usually do without. > > The pictures: > > Limekiln falls: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/26272915274/ > > Heron: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/26878419955/in/album-72157668101377375/ > > Someone has a funny idea of what constitutes a dog: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/26605415610/ > > Feed the crows instead: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/26605417360/ > > If you're interested in the albums, mostly landscape photos: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157667444812230/ > > And for a bit of fluff, various critters: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157668101377375 > > elephant seals, heron, curlew, peregrine falcon, seagulls, crows, squirrels, > tourists, and of course, some cormorants. > > C & C, as always appreciated. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) 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. -- 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.
