RE: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica
Ahhh, Frank ... you're finally getting there. This is, I think, the best of the bunch today. Slight nit pick ... and remember, it's coming from a guy who Photoshops specular highlights LOL The bright spot on the microphone should be brought down to the level of the rest of the microphone, IOW, almost eliminated. It's like a big pimple on the prom queen's nose. And what is it - a concertina, accordion - some kind of squeeze box? don't see any details on the keys, just a whit blob. Is that the scanner acting up again? But those are just technical details. You've caught the emotion, and that comes thru nicely. Like a diamond, the photo needs a little polish to shine spectacularly. Still, a diamond in the rough is a whole lot better than the lumps of coal that are sometimes seen on gallery walls ;-)) Go with the Neopan ... try an EI of 1600 and meter off the skin tones, open a stop or so depending on the lighting. Do you have a spot meter, Frank? Well, regardless, go with the Neopan ... Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/11/2004 8:30:44 PM Subject: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica Another one of my friend Jennifer in concert: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2355455
Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica
I really like this one. There are a number of technical defects but the image itself overpowers them. frank theriault wrote: Another one of my friend Jennifer in concert: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2355455 Lighting was horrendous (the single spot was aimed at her body, not her head). I also shot this concert with T Max 3200 (at 3200). I find it very grainy, and by far prefer Neopan 1600 pushed one stop. Comments are appreciated. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica
This is a good one, Frank. Your timing did a great job capturing her pose and expression. Well done! t On 5/11/04 20:28, frank theriault wrote: Another one of my friend Jennifer in concert: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2355455 Lighting was horrendous (the single spot was aimed at her body, not her head). I also shot this concert with T Max 3200 (at 3200). I find it very grainy, and by far prefer Neopan 1600 pushed one stop. Comments are appreciated. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http: //hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica
Frank, The lighting and pose remind me of photos of Edith Piaf. I can hear La Vie en Rose just looking at it. --Mike
Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica
Technical defects? TECHNICAL DEFECTS??? Since when are my photos anything other than technically perfect? (even I have to laugh out loud when I re-read that line LOL) Actually, I really appreciate your comment, Peter. I'm still working on the technical part of shooting concerts in low light (this one was made worse by the fact that the lone spot was aimed too low - her hands and arms are okay, but the face underexposed. OTOH, if the face were exposed properly, the arms and hand would have been way blown out - I prefer it this way). But, I'm trying to at least capture a bit of emotion. Jennifer is a very emotional singer (hey, their torch songs, ya gotta emote!); in fact, problem is, it's hard to catch her with her eyes open. That you recognized and appreciated the emotion in the photo makes me feel I've done my job. And, it makes up for slagging my blurry Art Shot. vbg thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 11:41:47 -0400 I really like this one. There are a number of technical defects but the image itself overpowers them. frank theriault wrote: Another one of my friend Jennifer in concert: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2355455 Lighting was horrendous (the single spot was aimed at her body, not her head). I also shot this concert with T Max 3200 (at 3200). I find it very grainy, and by far prefer Neopan 1600 pushed one stop. Comments are appreciated. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines _ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica
Mike, You won't believe this, but that's the song she was singing when I took the photo!! She sings that at least once per night, usually twice (it's become her encore song). It's the only song in which she plays melodica, that's why I know she was singing it when I took that one. What's amazing, is that she never sings it the same way twice. She and her band are so tight, and are so good at imrovising, that they can throw all sorts of different little twists in there, and they always seem to resolve themselves in a beautiful way. I really appreciate your comments. And how weird is that? The Sparrow Lives!! The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Mike Nosal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 15:36:13 -0400 Frank, The lighting and pose remind me of photos of Edith Piaf. I can hear La Vie en Rose just looking at it. --Mike _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica
Fix it in Photoshop! LOL Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Frantisek Vlcek [EMAIL PROTECTED] A lot og emotional singers have their eyes shut most of time. Difficult for us photographers :) Even worse when you do an exhibition of concert photographs and all the shut eyes were together ;-) Mastering low light photography is hard, I am still nowhere near it, but it is very rewarding. Available night photography :)
Re: PAW: Gentle Smile with Melodica
On 12 May 2004 at 19:13, Andre Langevin wrote: I found that with contrasty high speed film, under-exposed parts of the subject (here, the face, which is the most important part of the photo) sometimes have low contrast so they can be lightened with success using a mix of contrast and luminosity boost. The tough part is doing it without getting a clear cut effect. I do this by adding 7-8% contrast and/or brightness at the time and selecting the part to work on with a slighly different border each time. But there must be other techniques to do thais without much trouble... Using deep feathering of the mask edges can help. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
