RE: PAW Pastoral at 420mm
Awesome!! (I've had to put some PAWs aside for a few days or more, but I hope to get to them all eventually). thanks, John, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: John Mustarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW Pastoral at 420mm Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:46:29 -0700 Here's a bit of pastoral color: http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the shade a few yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth. Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
Re: PAW Pastoral at 420mm
Hi! JM> Here's a bit of pastoral color: JM> http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg JM> Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March JM> of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, JM> then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the shade JM> a few yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a JM> monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth. JM> Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway. I agree with Lon. It is my favorite too. I suppose *this* is an example of good bokeh so that whenever one's asking about bokeh, they should be shown this photograph. What was that lens you used? BOris
Re: PAW Pastoral at 420mm
Very cool shot, John! - MCC At 09:46 PM 2/23/2004 -0700, you wrote: Here's a bit of pastoral color: http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the shade a few yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth. Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI http://www.markcassino.com -
Re: PAW Pastoral at 420mm
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:23:25 -0500, you wrote: >I think the DOF works very well here. My favorite PAW so far. >(Except for my left rear paw, which I'm also very fond of). >-Lon > Thanks so much. I would have liked less contrast so the center came out lighter. I may work with that in PS sometime. The lady filling more of the frame would have been nice also. This was an opportunity shot, and the window of opportunity was maybe five or ten seconds. No zoom, no time to change lenses, no way to zoom with my feet because we couldn't stray from the path. Next time I may think to bracket. Overall I really like the colors. I'll keep my eye out for the painters and sculptors when they return in the spring. Their work is very interesting to watch. And they never say " Whatcha doin? Taking Pictures?"... -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
Re: PAW Pastoral at 420mm
I think the DOF works very well here. My favorite PAW so far. (Except for my left rear paw, which I'm also very fond of). -Lon John Mustarde wrote: Here's a bit of pastoral color: http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the shade a few yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth. Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway.
Re: PAW Pastoral at 420mm
The smooth background really helps this stand out. It is nice that the arm/hand are not interfering with my view of the painting, however, the placement of the arm seems just a tiny bit odd feeling to me, kind of like it seems unnatural. But overall, I really like this shot. Good job! Bruce Monday, February 23, 2004, 8:46:29 PM, you wrote: JM> Here's a bit of pastoral color: JM> http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg JM> Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March JM> of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, JM> then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the shade JM> a few yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a JM> monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth. JM> Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway. JM> -- JM> John Mustarde JM> www.photolin.com
RE: PAW Pastoral at 420mm
oooh, look at the pretty colours! NICE bokeh! love it John...! ...nice painting too... tan. -Original Message- From: John Mustarde [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2004 2:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW Pastoral at 420mm Here's a bit of pastoral color: http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the shade a few yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth. Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
PAW Pastoral at 420mm
Here's a bit of pastoral color: http://www.photolin.com/misc/BOT032a.jpg Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona USA in March of last year. We were walking a path through the wildflower area, then around a blind corner came upon two ladies painting in the shade a few yards ahead. I had my usual big lens with teleconverter on a monopod, so that's why the DOF is small and the background is smooth. Shot for fun, but comments welcome anyway. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
