RE: An example of timeless design and style
Hey thanks Frank, I know you know how hard it is to work out in the uncontrolled street.s I was lucky this time. Message: 2 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 21:35:24 + (UTC) From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" To: "\"Pentax-Discuss Mail List\"" Subject: RE: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: <1365908740.18780.1338845734485.javamail.se...@ap8.p2.fra.samsungsocialhub.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 The hdr version is especially striking. The background was nice to you. It's hard to get a shot of a parked car without some crap getting in the way (wires, lamposts, other cars, pedestrians, ugly backdrop. This one works to make an overall wonderful photo. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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.
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Message: 13 Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:19:43 +1000 From: Brian Walters To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: <20120605091943.horde.qmfjbpzgffnpzukp0hfh...@webmail.netregistry.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Great job with both versions. The HDR treatment is especially striking. The clean background really helps as Frank mentioned. Thanks Brian so glad you liked them. It is hard to take pictures like this at old car shows because there are so many other vehicles in the way. I was lucky to find this one sitting in front of a building with few distractions. -- 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.
Re: An example of timeless design and style
Oh yes we never forget our 1st one do we?. I did love that straight stick and learning to get to second and third. Message: 4 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:20:12 -0500 From: Darren Addy To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My first car was a 1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe (2 dr. sedan) like this one only black: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/3025596031/lightbox/ My grandfather purchased it at a farm auction for $11. We pulled it home, rebuilt the brakes and put a clutch plate in it and I drove it to work and school. A couple of months earlier, my cousin's grandfather had purchased him his first car, a 1953 Cranbrooke, for $12.50 at another farm auction. That meant that I "beat him" by $1.50, although one could correctly argue that he got a three years' newer car for his $1.50. I like the car, but I wasn't exactly cool, since this was the mid-70s when the cool kids were driving Mustangs and Chevelle's and such. Something tells me that most of those Mustang and Chevelle are now Canon and Nikon shooters. : ) : ) : ) Once an oddball, always an oddball. -- 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.
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Thanks Larry, As always time was a constraint. I wanted to try different angles & lens but my vision was HDR so 5 snaps and I was off. I want to go back maybe the car is parked there every day. http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d Message: 3 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:03:30 -0700 From: Larry Colen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: <6bd91d6e-e8a5-45e2-b50a-f0a255147...@red4est.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The second is a classic HDR of a car photo. Well done. I'd like to see it cropped in a lot tighter, the car is a lot more interesting than the building. -- 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.
Re: An example of timeless design and style
> Message: 11 Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:34:00 -0400 From: John Sessoms To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: <4fce18d8.6010...@nc.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed National Geographic would take the B&W rendering if the car had been found on the street in Havana. The other one doesn't really do anything for me. Thanks for looking, Glad you lied the BW and yes I suspect just about any pictures taken in Havana could get published. -- 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.
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Thanks Steve, the Fairlane was my 1st new car. My brothers 1st new car was the '68 Mustang & he seriously considered putting it on blocks for 10 years but decided there were better places to invest his money. Oh well. Message: 2 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 07:34:48 -0400 From: Steven Desjardins To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Re- An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Nice. The HDR makes a nice image in this case. My Dada had a late 50's Belair, followed by a Ford Fairlane, followed by a '65 Mustang. The worst part is that I had a real shot at the Mustang back in '78. On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: As I remember Ken mine took oil by the quart - every week or two. Thanks for the look and yes the HDR is my preferred version. I saw some HDR cars done by Rick Sammon and even though he's a Canon user I did like what he did with cars in Cuba. ?Respectfully yours ..DG -- 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.
Re: An example of timeless design and style
Thanks for looking and commenting. Let me say, I wish I had your style. When I took the photo I envisioned the HDR version and took the appropriate exposures to process. While I like the BW version the HDR was what I saw when I clicked the shutter and it turned out the way I hoped it would for better or worse. Glad you liked the B&W. Thanks again. Message: 5 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:46:05 -0700 From: Godfrey DiGiorgi To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Lovely car. I love the B&W rendering. The HDR makes me wince a little bit, not my style. G http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d -- 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.
Re: An example of timeless design and style
From: Don Guthrie My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. As always comments are read and given all due respect. National Geographic would take the B&W rendering if the car had been found on the street in Havana. The other one doesn't really do anything for me. -- 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.
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Nice. The HDR makes a nice image in this case. My Dada had a late 50's Belair, followed by a Ford Fairlane, followed by a '65 Mustang. The worst part is that I had a real shot at the Mustang back in '78. On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > As I remember Ken mine took oil by the quart - every week or two. > > Thanks for the look and yes the HDR is my preferred version. I saw some HDR > cars done by Rick Sammon and even though he's a Canon user I did like what > he did with cars in Cuba. > > Respectfully yours ..DG > > > >> Message: 10 >> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:16:20 -0400 >> From: >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style >> Message-ID: <4BDCAB1C85B64AF8A8A720B0EDDBC8D4@kena60ebc3b689> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=response >> >> Well I wouldn't exactly call that a great design but it is certainly >> timeless. My dad had a 53 but it was a 4 door. It was on that car I >> performed my first oil change & found out when they said XX qts of oil, >> they >> meant it. Nothing like foaming oil coming out of the breather. >> >> Nice capture, I like both renditions. >> >> I see more and more of HDR applied to older car images & I really like >> most >> of them - to me it gives them a classy/artsy look. >> >> >> Now I expect you to give this comment the due respect it deserves. ;+} >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Don Guthrie" >> Subject: An example of timeless design and style >> >> >>> My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week >>> I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W >>> straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d >>> >>> >>> Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One >>> would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like >>> anyway. >>> >>> As always comments are read and given all due respect. > > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
Re: An example of timeless design and style
Lovely car. I love the B&W rendering. The HDR makes me wince a little bit, not my style. G On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting Don Guthrie : > >> My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week >> I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W >> straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. >> >> >> http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d >> >> >> Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One >> would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. >> >> As always comments are read and given all due respect. >> > > > > Great job with both versions. The HDR treatment is especially striking. > The clean background really helps as Frank mentioned. > > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > -- > 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
Re: An example of timeless design and style
Quoting Don Guthrie : My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. As always comments are read and given all due respect. Great job with both versions. The HDR treatment is especially striking. The clean background really helps as Frank mentioned. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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.
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My first car was a 1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe (2 dr. sedan) like this one only black: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/3025596031/lightbox/ My grandfather purchased it at a farm auction for $11. We pulled it home, rebuilt the brakes and put a clutch plate in it and I drove it to work and school. A couple of months earlier, my cousin's grandfather had purchased him his first car, a 1953 Cranbrooke, for $12.50 at another farm auction. That meant that I "beat him" by $1.50, although one could correctly argue that he got a three years' newer car for his $1.50. I like the car, but I wasn't exactly cool, since this was the mid-70s when the cool kids were driving Mustangs and Chevelle's and such. Something tells me that most of those Mustang and Chevelle are now Canon and Nikon shooters. : ) : ) : ) Once an oddball, always an oddball. -- 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.
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On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I > was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight > out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. > > > http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d The second is a classic HDR of a car photo. Well done. I'd like to see it cropped in a lot tighter, the car is a lot more interesting than the building. > > > Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One would > be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. > > As always comments are read and given all due respect. > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
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Probably right Jack. All I really remember was the Chevy burned oil and the Pontiac leaked transmission fluid. Thanks for looking. Message: 13 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:28:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: <1338845280.72875.yahoomail...@web130106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I was, also, thinking '52. (?) Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d -- 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.
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It's only dialed to 9 1/2 ;) but I do respect your position. Yeah my brother agrees this one is a 52. I later owned a Pontiac (with a straight 8) of this same vintage and I may get them confused. My memory gets older every year. Message: 11 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 16:20:06 -0500 From: Darren Addy To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Nice Don. The "dialed to eleven" version is not my cup o' tea, but its a gorgeous car. I believe one you photographed is a '52 however. The '53 & '54 are a bit more rounded. On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. As always comments are read and given all due respect. -- 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.
Re- An example of timeless design and style
As I remember Ken mine took oil by the quart - every week or two. Thanks for the look and yes the HDR is my preferred version. I saw some HDR cars done by Rick Sammon and even though he's a Canon user I did like what he did with cars in Cuba. Respectfully yours ..DG Message: 10 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:16:20 -0400 From: To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Message-ID: <4BDCAB1C85B64AF8A8A720B0EDDBC8D4@kena60ebc3b689> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Well I wouldn't exactly call that a great design but it is certainly timeless. My dad had a 53 but it was a 4 door. It was on that car I performed my first oil change & found out when they said XX qts of oil, they meant it. Nothing like foaming oil coming out of the breather. Nice capture, I like both renditions. I see more and more of HDR applied to older car images & I really like most of them - to me it gives them a classy/artsy look. Now I expect you to give this comment the due respect it deserves. ;+} Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Don Guthrie" Subject: An example of timeless design and style My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. As always comments are read and given all due respect. -- 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.
RE: An example of timeless design and style
The hdr version is especially striking. The background was nice to you. It's hard to get a shot of a parked car without some crap getting in the way (wires, lamposts, other cars, pedestrians, ugly backdrop. This one works to make an overall wonderful photo. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Don Guthrie Sent: June 4, 2012 6/4/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: An example of timeless design and style My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. As always comments are read and given all due respect. -- 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.
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I was, also, thinking '52. (?) Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Darren Addy To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 2:20 PM Subject: Re: An example of timeless design and style Nice Don. The "dialed to eleven" version is not my cup o' tea, but its a gorgeous car. I believe one you photographed is a '52 however. The '53 & '54 are a bit more rounded. On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I > was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight > out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. > > > http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d > > > Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One > would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. > > As always comments are read and given all due respect. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
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Nice Don. The "dialed to eleven" version is not my cup o' tea, but its a gorgeous car. I believe one you photographed is a '52 however. The '53 & '54 are a bit more rounded. On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I > was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight > out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. > > > http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d > > > Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One > would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. > > As always comments are read and given all due respect. > > -- > 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.
Re: An example of timeless design and style
Well I wouldn't exactly call that a great design but it is certainly timeless. My dad had a 53 but it was a 4 door. It was on that car I performed my first oil change & found out when they said XX qts of oil, they meant it. Nothing like foaming oil coming out of the breather. Nice capture, I like both renditions. I see more and more of HDR applied to older car images & I really like most of them - to me it gives them a classy/artsy look. Now I expect you to give this comment the due respect it deserves. ;+} Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Don Guthrie" Subject: An example of timeless design and style My 1st Car was a '53 Chevy. When I saw this chevy on the street last week I was glad I had my camera primed and loaded. Two versions - one B&W straight out of the camera and the second a more stylized version. http://donspix.posterous.com/a-60-year-old-example-of-timeless-style-and-d Warning- There are two pictures (2 tiny icons) please look at both. One would be rejected by National Geo and the other they wouldn't like anyway. As always comments are read and given all due respect. -- 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.
