> Finally got a chance to play with the LX at night. Overall, I'm > pretty impressed with the low light and OTF metering - I got by > taking 2 or 3 of each rather than the 8 or so I was doing with the > k1000 in low light. > a couple samples are at > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=248862 > I'd appreciate a little input on 1 in particular: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1091068&size=lg
Mike, I liked three of the four photos. The "1 in particular" is the only one that I didn't care much for. The third one, which is easily overlooked in the thumbnail view, is actually my favorite - it's not "flashy", but it's understatedly subtle and quite elegant - a really nice composition in my opinion. However, the actual star trails were not immediately visible to me - I had to adjust the gamma value here to bring them out (maybe my monitor is set too dark)- I only guessed that there ~had~ to be star trails there since the title of the photo was "Star Trails". And, then, I actually prefer ~not~ seeing the star trails - seeing just the indigo silhouetting the trees at the bottom fading into blackness made the photo more effective to me - but my taste is only in my mouth, so don't take what I say with too much significance - <g>. OK, gotta get the LX outside tonight - oops, it's supposed to be overcast tonight - well, maybe tomorrow night... (<g>) Fred
