Re: Recomendations on where to upload public images
If you are not destitute, I would highly recommend getting your own website with your own url. They vary widely in price, but a modest amount of space can be less than $5 a month, and you get to choose the format, you get to pick your own backgrounds, if you findyou need to make a simple change, it takes moments. Most of the group sites are hard to navigate if someone is looking through just your stuff. It is not hard to learn to do a site. I now use Frontpage to create and manage sonc.com, and while it is not the best, it is what I know and I don't want to struggle with changing now that my site has such girth. My webhost is a coop, and it is very inexpensive, and as far as I know has had about 30 minutes of downtime in the two plus years I have been with it. A good place to start price wise to get your registry and hosting in one place is www.godaddy.com . Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Edsel was : stinkin' filters!
Compared to many other cars of the time they were like spaceships, Ford rushed them to production, as they wanted the dealers to have a full allotment before the model year announcement, so some of the first ones were assembled on the lines in between Fords, hence some suffered from fit and finish problems, (barely different from other US models at the time.) It was a slightly upscale car, above a Ford and below a Mercury, and it came as we were falling into a recession. I was just a kid (but a car nut) when it came out, and remember marveling at it at the Louisiana State Fair in 1957. Loved those transmission pushbuttons in the middle of the steering wheel. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish In a message dated 7/3/2005 12:09:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They were never junk excatly, just ahead of their time, or maybe out side of their time and weirdly styled. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters! On Jul 2, 2005, at 5:50 PM, William Robb wrote: I wonder what a factory original, mint condition Edsel would go for these days? About 25,000. Are they still junk? Or have the years been kind? William Robb
Re: Don't need no stinkin' filters!
In a message dated 7/2/2005 8:09:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Herb's comment was simple: if it will sell it's a good photo. While your point has some validity, it is a softening of Herb's initial comment and contention that only a photograph that will sell is a good photograph. I stand by my statement that Herb is full of shit. -- Some years ago, I made a print of wetlands at dawn with an abandoned lighthouse; delicate shot, almost looked like a pen and ink on watercolor. Anyhow, an interior decorator liked it and asked to show it to a client. A few days, she called and asked if I had the same shot in pink, Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Lens Test: Need Help
In a message dated 7/2/2005 4:59:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have (a) the December 2000 issue of Popular Photography, (b) a flatbed scanner, and (c) willingness to scan and e-mail a lens test to me? It is the test of the Sigma 180 mm macro. This one predates Pop's online test archives. If so, please contact me off-list: jtainter at mindspring dot com Thanks much, Joe Try the Public or University Library. It is available on microfilm. If they don't have it, try the Inter-Library Loan dept. there. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
sabine
Missed a turn in Mansfield last night and had to go 30 miles out of my way; I passed through a time warp, I guess. http://www.sonc.com/sabine.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Friday Flowers
http://www.sonc.com/jul1-05.htm *Ist Ds 28mm 2.8 smc f Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
elephant's eye
_http://www.sonc.com/elephants_eye.htm_ (http://www.sonc.com/elephants_eye.htm) Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
elephat's eye
http://www.sonc.com/elephants_eye.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
elephat's eye better link
http://www.sonc.com/elephants_eye.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: elephat's eye
In a message dated 7/1/2005 9:40:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nice shot. Is that this year's crop already? Our corn is 9-12 inches at this point. - Yes that was yesterday. Had a good deal of rain in the spring, and dry all summer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.sonc.com/elephants_eye.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Friday Flowers
In a message dated 7/1/2005 11:12:56 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nicely done, although the orange blur in the URH corner is distracting, why include it? Kenneth Waller Stick your thumb over it and it disappears. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jul 1, 2005 8:44 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Friday Flowers http://www.sonc.com/jul1-05.htm *Ist Ds28mm 2.8 smc f Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Friday Flowers
In a message dated 7/1/2005 12:15:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Touchy, touchy - So I suppose you didn't want any comments? Kenneth Waller -- Oops, forgot the smiley. ;-) No, I don't mind comments, I love them. I actually picked that frame over others _because_ of the flower's intrusion. I think if you'll look back at my comments on the ferns that I felt they could benefit from other colors or shades in the bkgd. When I first started the Friday flowers, I was careful to isolate the blooms, either by burning in the bkgd or fuzzing it out. Now, I think the flowers look better if something of the environment stays. Sometimes it is light, sometimes other flowers. Just a quirk of mine to keep them from looking so much like a formula. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: SV: Shadow, was Gay Fest
In a message dated 7/1/2005 12:35:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is hard to deal with in curves. So you end up using both layers? Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt Yes Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: just to add to the discussion
In a message dated 6/30/2005 8:18:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Dictionarypho·tog·ra·phy (fə-tŏg'rə-fē) pronunciationn.1. The art or process of producing images of objects onphotosensitive surfaces. No, No, No! This is the definition of Dictionary!;-) Main Entry: dic·tio·naryPronunciation: 'dik-sh-ner-EFunction: nounInflected Form(s): plural -nar·ies Etymology: Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Late Latin diction-, dictio word, from Latin, speakingDate: 15261 : a reference book containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings, and syntactical and idiomatic uses 2 : a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications 3 : a reference book giving for words of one language equivalents in another 4 : a list (as of items of data or words) stored in a computer for reference (as for information retrieval or word processing) Pronunciation Key © 2001 by Merriam-Webster, IncorporatedMerriam-Webster Privacy Policy Regards, Sonnyhttp://www.sonc.comNatchitoches, LouisianaOldest continuous settlement in La Louisianeégalité, liberté, crawfish
Shadow, was Gay Fest
In a message dated 6/30/2005 8:59:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've only used the HS tool a little bit so far. What disturbs me about it is that, like smart-sharpen, I don't have a good feel for what it's actually doing to the data. It is a funny tool. Sometimes it does wonders, and in other instances it makes dreadful results. Sometimes I make a duplicate layer, apply shadow and Highlight, then adjust opacity of the layer. That helps when you have a real hot highlight that is hard to deal with in curves. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
28mm f2.8
Just got a Pentax 28mm f2.8 pentax f af prime. Nice tiny lens, seems very sharp on my Ist Ds http://www.sonc.com/gauss__f28.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Card Readers
In a message dated 6/30/2005 9:53:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Joseph Tainter Today I received from BH a Lexar Multi-Card Reader. Windows XP is unable to recognize it. Has anyone found a multi-card reader that works with Windows XP? XP recognizes the Lexar as another drive, and adds it to My computer as several drives. When you plug it into the usb port, it should make a little sound to confirm that it is added. Then click the drives in My computer until you see it. If it does not have a card in any slot it will ask you to insert media. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Accidental art
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Mark Roberts wrote: While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago, I needed to get some photos of fern spores. A couple of the shots ended up looking so nice that they stand on their own from an artistic standpoint. At least I think so. Other opinions welcome :) Here's one: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/fern.jpg ist-D, F100/2.8 macro Lovely shot Mark. I really like the translucence of the leaves against the oof bkgd. I agree though that it might be a tiny bit more successful with some other colors in there. That's just a quibble though. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Long lenses-- was Street Dancers
In a message dated 6/27/2005 10:41:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes but don't you think that when people feel the presence of a photographer they immediately change the way they behave? Not really, if the photographer acts natural. Just refuse to shoot shots that seemed posed to you, if that's what you want. Sometimes though, especially in cases of youngsters and good looking women, interaction makes for a far better shot than a sniped candid. In the Porto shots, it is amusing that in this one the subject has spotted the sniper. http://x64.com/joaquim/photo/photo03/index-Pages/Image19.html Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Long lenses-- was Street Dancers
In a message dated 6/27/2005 7:15:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 6/26/05, David Volkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't normally do street photography (at least I think this can be considered street photography but the lens is a bit on the large side and it was an event) but the opportunity presented itself today. http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/21768115/ *Ist D, Sigma 135-400mm @ 135mm, F/9.5, and 1/500th Yesterday in my comments about the Porto shots, I mentioned that using a longer lens tends to get us into a sniper mood when we take to the streets. Now, I am definitely not an expert in Street Photography, and lots of what passes for that genre I do not get, but before you dismiss the concept, maybe you should look at the problems of using a long lens on the streets have caused in this nearly there shot. First of all, the horizon is tilted more than 2 degrees. When working with a long lens, it is hard to make framing judgements, as the very act of holding the glass steady is a triumph. The next problem I see is that relying on the autofocus on the two dancers has lost the focus on the foreground boy, (an important element, IMHO) and the compression brings the folks walking in the near background right up to the dancers. In the case of the smiling woman, this isn't too much of a problem, but the tall guy in the black shirt, the guy with his back to us, and the woman on the right verge become distracting elements (Ditto, the red fringe in right frame.) These elements would be no problem at all if we were shooting with, say a 50mm from lots closer. Long lenses have their place, certainly they do. Football games, air shows, birding, Olympics, auto racing, volcano eruptions, good looking bikinied women with big burley boyfriends; these are all places I would use a lens longer than 90 mm. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: PESO: Detail of Two Ice Creams and a Wide Open Shot
In a message dated 6/27/2005 9:16:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I got her on the approach as well (she smiled). But I like this shot better: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3487689 Ummm, would it be possible for those of us who like approaching shots to see the other one? ;-) Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Porto street shots (?)
In a message dated 6/27/2005 10:34:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How acceptable is it to take pictures of people without asking for permission? In a public space in most places there is no problem. From my experience, though, if you are right in among the people taking pictures, then it turns into a consensual situation. If you are standing afar with a 300 mm lens, in my opinion, you are stealing their image, but leaving their soul behind. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 14:35, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: Some Porto street shots (?) taken with the SMC FA 80-320mm F4.5-5.6 mostly at 320mm (480mm on the *ist DS) F6.8 1/500 200 ASA http://x64.com/joaquim/photo/photo03 These people were minding their own business and I wouldn't want to interrupt them, this would not have been possible with a noisy eye level SLR and a lens much shorter than 200mm
Sniper caught-- was Porto/ long lenses
I was talking in the Porto thread about sniping, and how sometimes consensual shots are better. Here's an example. http://www.sonc.com/paw2/sniper.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: morality part 2 (Was: Porto street shots)
In a message dated 6/27/2005 1:49:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: True. But the moment is contrived. The photographer has arranged it by starting a conversation and creating a photo-op. A true slice of life is achieved only when the subject is unaware. Can't help myself: http://www.sonc.com/slice.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Long lenses-- was Street Dancers
In a message dated 6/27/2005 2:02:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 15:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the Porto shots, it is amusing that in this one the subject has spotted the sniper. http://x64.com/joaquim/photo/photo03/index-Pages/Image19.html The father hasn't, he kept talking to the woman woman on the left, the kid I don't know. I was talking about the kid. He definitely made the camera. Can't fool a kid. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: morality part 2 (Was: Porto street shots)
In a message dated 6/27/2005 2:38:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IIRC that very long thread a couple of years back got started by a proposed California law to make photos taken with telephoto lenses an invasion of privacy. Since I have head no more about it, I guess it did not pass. But it does give an idea of what the public in general thinks of the issue. - What elected representatives think and what the public thinks may be two very different things. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected
In a message dated 6/27/2005 9:19:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems that there's an emerging series of payphone photos. I know it's tilted. I like it that way. vbg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3492681size=lg Comments welcome (as always). cheers, frank -- Do you know about transform in Photoshop? You don't have to live with slightly tilted shots. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected
In a message dated 6/27/2005 9:42:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know diddly squat about photoshop. But, as I said, I like the tilt on this one anyway. -- I have nothing against tilt when it makes the shot work. http://www.sonc.com/orange.htm http://www.sonc.com/fallen_flowers.htm The nice thing about transform is that you can not only fix tilts, but straighten up lines from key stoned shots. These shots with lines and squares and other formal elements of composition seem to want to be finished. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Plesant surprise
In a message dated 6/27/2005 9:42:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My First question. Is the eye cup subject to falling off and is the rubber band fix the answer. - My eyecup has never fallen off in several months. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: newbie intro
In a message dated 6/25/2005 8:32:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.sonc.com/june_24_friday_flowers.htm BTW, don't believe anything Cotty or Mark Roberts say... LOL cheers, frank I BELIEVE EVERYTHING ANYONE SAYS ;-) Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: newbie intro
In a message dated 6/26/2005 7:58:31 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I BELIEVE EVERYTHING ANYONE SAYS ;-) I was going to make a funny about who you may have voted for in the last Presidential election, but it would start a flame war to be sure. LOL cheers, frank I live in a Purple state. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: newbie intro
In a message dated 6/24/2005 8:04:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.sonc.com/june_24_friday_flowers.htm You've managed to produce a lovely colour accurate and not too saturated image in your friday flower and that bee is a monster. How was it lit? Cheers, Thanks. He is a common bumblebee, the flowers are tiny. The lighting is oblique late afternoon sunlight. iso 400 on the kit lens PentAX IST dS Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
purple (was newbie)
In a message dated 6/26/2005 8:13:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I live in a Purple state. I thought there were red states and blue states. (Being Canadian and all, I'm not hip to these things). Am I to assume that of your electoral college votes (is that what they're called?) you split evenly between G Dubya and the Swiftboat Captain Guy? cheers, frank Things are not always black and white or red or blue. To get an accurate assessment of the population, you need to look at the popular vote. This map is a county by county (or in our case, parish) assessment. http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/ I live in the purple region of Northwestern Louisiana. I am not a political animal, just an observer. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: purple (was newbie)
In a message dated 6/26/2005 8:13:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I live in a Purple state. I thought there were red states and blue states. (Being Canadian and all, I'm not hip to these things). Am I to assume that of your electoral college votes (is that what they're called?) you split snip Things are not always black and white or red or blue. To get an accurate assessment of the population, you need to look at the popular vote. This map is a county by county (or in our case, parish) assessment. http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/ I live in the purple region of Northwestern Louisiana. I am not a political animal, just an observer. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: newbie intro
In a message dated 6/26/2005 11:18:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I used to have some buddies from Nackidish. Wonder if they are still out of jail. Probably running the town now. You didn't mention your town's other claim to fame, being the site of the airplane crash that killed Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen . They had a memorial service some years later, and Jin Croce's widow came to town. Our mayor gravely told her, Don't worry ma'm, we've cut down that tree that your husband's plane hit. I'm sure she was relieved. NIce photos you got. I like the one of the lady in the red pants. Nice grab. Looks like an Annsan shot. I like shooting at f2 in broad daylight. Thanks for the comment. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: PESO:Norwegian Wood (in fact mountains)
url? In a message dated 6/26/2005 5:24:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was driving from work, and there it was, this stunning light! I just had to stop, and try framing it. A bit cliché, but I like it :-) This is my first attempt to do something in Elements besides cropping. As you see, there is another version online. What I've done is to convert the raw file. Adjusted the exposure down about one step, added a bit more highlights, and made it a tiny bit warmer (higher Kelvin). I've also hidden an electric fence (cloning) in the middle ground down by the trees. Beeing a total Photoshop Newbie, I would really appreciate feedback on my shopping. Comments on the picture also appreciated. Tim Another Norwegian. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
Re: Porto street shots (?)
In a message dated 6/26/2005 10:38:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: These people were minding their own business and I wouldn't want to interrupt them, this would not have been possible with a noisy eye level SLR and a lens much shorter than 200mm You might be surprised at how your noisy slr blends into the ambient sound in the great outdoors. These are nice pictures, most of them, but I'd bet they would be lots better if you stopped being a sniper and got in there with a 90 or less. The several with dark foreground blobs need a bit more cropping. It also looks like you were relying on the autofocus too much as your compositions sometimes have way too much headroom with subject dead center. That's a problem I have myself, so it is easy for me to spot. I would have edited out all the pictures of people's backs. My favorite was the two girls smiling, and that one I wished I could see the vendor (?) who is making them smile. Too many pretty girls squinting in the sun. Pigeons is pretty cool, but the foot growing out of the bird growing out of the kids head is confusing. Time to get out there and shoot some more. You are on to something, just get brave and leave that hunka-hunka glass at the football field. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
RE: Porto Streets
(These remarks are addressed to Joaquim instead of Boris, of course) http://x64.com/joaquim/photo/photo03/index.html These people were minding their own business and I wouldn't want to interrupt them, this would not have been possible with a noisy eye level SLR and a lens much shorter than 200mm You might be surprised at how your noisy slr blends into the ambient sound in the great outdoors. These are nice pictures, most of them, but I'd bet they would be lots better if you stopped being a sniper and got in therewith a 90 or less. The several with dark foreground blobs need a bit more cropping. It also looks like you were relying on the autofocus too much as your compositions sometimes have way too much headroom with subject deadcenter. That's a problem I have myself, so it is easy for me to spot. I would have edited out all the pictures of people's backs. My favorite is the two girls smiling, and that one I wished I could see the vendor (?) who is making them smile. Too many pretty girls squinting in the sun. Pigeons is pretty cool, but the foot growing out of the bird growing out of the kids head is confusing. Time to get out there and shoot some more. You are on to something, just get brave and leave that hunka-hunka glass at the football field. Regards,Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane
Re: newbie intro
Hello, I'm new to the list, but not photography.. My first Pentax was a Spotmatic around 1968. For film, I mostly shoot old Leica M, For all slr stuff including macro work, I use a Pentax *ist Ds. I have done a PAW for four years. I also do a weekly series called Friday Flowers, now pretty much exclusively shot with Pentax digi. Here's this week's number: http://www.sonc.com/june_24_friday_flowers.htm Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
