Re: GESO - around the tracks
Moody, desolate, excellent rendering. Great composition to these as well. Loved the set, Doug. I love partial desaturation on renderings. These look great to me. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Doug Brewer" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: GESO - around the tracks more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ enjoy -- 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 like this series! Help me support Autism research! Join my team! http://www.walknowforautism.org/stlouis/blubiconsbuddies http://stampmine.blogspot.com/http://samsphotopage.blogspot.com/ --- On Mon, 11/16/09, Doug Brewer wrote: > From: Doug Brewer > Subject: GESO - around the tracks > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, November 16, 2009, 8:51 PM > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ > > enjoy > > -- > 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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Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: For those of you keeping score, it took less than eight hours for #4 to be rejected from 1x.com. Could be a record. One of the disadvantages of these on-line galleries, like 1x and the PPG, is that they look at images as individual works of art, rather than part of a series or theme. I opined earlier that your "Around the Tracks" gallery was more than the sum of its parts and a side effect of that, apparently, is that the individual shots don't fare as well in public voting when people haven't seen the "whole" of which the image is a part. I can see how a lot of justly famous shots by well-known photographers wouldn't fare well under such a system. You're so nice. It would have much quicker to say that the pictures were not nearly as good as I thought they were. -- 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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Doug Brewer wrote: >For those of you keeping score, it took less than eight hours for #4 to >be rejected from 1x.com. > >Could be a record. One of the disadvantages of these on-line galleries, like 1x and the PPG, is that they look at images as individual works of art, rather than part of a series or theme. I opined earlier that your "Around the Tracks" gallery was more than the sum of its parts and a side effect of that, apparently, is that the individual shots don't fare as well in public voting when people haven't seen the "whole" of which the image is a part. I can see how a lot of justly famous shots by well-known photographers wouldn't fare well under such a system. Setting up an on-line gallery for only *groups* of images on a theme would be a cool idea... -- 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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Brian Walters wrote: Very nice. The odd bits of diffuse colour work well in most of these. I really like Nos 3 and 4. There's a few bits of old railway gear not too far from here that I've never been able to photograph to my satisfaction. You've just given me some inspiration! Cheers Brian Thanks, Brian. For those of you keeping score, it took less than eight hours for #4 to be rejected from 1x.com. Could be a record. -- 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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Scott Loveless wrote: > #4 is like, wow, man. Like, Mark!, man. -- 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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Very nice. The odd bits of diffuse colour work well in most of these. I really like Nos 3 and 4. There's a few bits of old railway gear not too far from here that I've never been able to photograph to my satisfaction. You've just given me some inspiration! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:51 -0500, "Doug Brewer" wrote: > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ > > enjoy > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- 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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Ken Waller wrote: I like the 'feel' of these Doug - evokes a gritty, greasy & dirty feeling, all in a very nice way. thanks, Ken. -- 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 like the 'feel' of these Doug - evokes a gritty, greasy & dirty feeling, all in a very nice way. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Doug Brewer" Subject: GESO - around the tracks more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ enjoy -- 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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steve harley wrote: On 2009-11-16 19:51 , Doug Brewer wrote: more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ i particularly like #3 #4 is a great composition; if the detail holds up, it would be nice printed fairly large thanks, Steve. I should fire up the printer and see what happens. -- 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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eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 11/16/2009 6:51:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, d...@alphoto.com writes: more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ enjoy = I really like #4. (But the rest don't do much for me, sorry.) Marnie no worries. it's not your thing. Thanks for looking. -- 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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ann sanfedele wrote: >Doug Brewer wrote: > >> ann sanfedele wrote: >> >>> but there is another one of yours I'd like to see in the book. >> >> this one? >> >> http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/content/IMGP0014_large.html > >youbetcha! The book? Yikes! I just realized it's only about 6 weeks until the upload window opens! Start going through your 2009 archives, everyone... -- 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 2009-11-16 19:51 , Doug Brewer wrote: more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ i particularly like #3 #4 is a great composition; if the detail holds up, it would be nice printed fairly large -- 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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From: Scott Loveless On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ I think you've done a wonderful job of evoking a certain mood. A longing for things past, perhaps, or a desire to return home. Something like that. The desaturated colors work very well. A few critiques: #1 and #2 feel like they're missing something in the foreground. No kudzu? -- 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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From: frank theriault On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ BTW, the tracks (which we get a good look at in #4) look very narrow. Is that a narrow gauge railway or does it just look that way from the perspective and lens focal length? I'd think it'd be standard gauge. Got CSX gondola cars sittin' on it. I don't think CSX has any narrow gauge equipment. -- 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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In a message dated 11/16/2009 6:51:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, d...@alphoto.com writes: more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ enjoy = I really like #4. (But the rest don't do much for me, sorry.) Marnie - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- 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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Doug Brewer wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: ...snip hmm rethinking my fave... I switch to 4 if one had to pick from these... but there is another one of yours I'd like to see in the book. and i THINK you know which one it is :-) ann this one? http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/content/IMGP0014_large.html -- youbetcha! ann -- 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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ann sanfedele wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: wow, thanks everyone. Frank, I appreciate it. Been feeling a little bleh about the output lately. All of them shot with the K-7 and 12-24/4, btw, so yeah, the tracks are normal CSX tracks. Joseph, thanks. Ann, like I said, more of the same. There's something intrinsically wistful about the subject, I think. Scott, thanks for that. Perhaps #4 should be the Book shot for this year. On #5, I liked the echo of the lines and basic shape behind, but I know what you mean. Chris, thanks. Another vote for #4. Dave, and another. Thanks. Mark, that's good, since I'm usually all over the map. Thanks. hmm rethinking my fave... I switch to 4 if one had to pick from these... but there is another one of yours I'd like to see in the book. and i THINK you know which one it is :-) ann this one? http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/content/IMGP0014_large.html -- 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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Doug Brewer wrote: wow, thanks everyone. Frank, I appreciate it. Been feeling a little bleh about the output lately. All of them shot with the K-7 and 12-24/4, btw, so yeah, the tracks are normal CSX tracks. Joseph, thanks. Ann, like I said, more of the same. There's something intrinsically wistful about the subject, I think. Scott, thanks for that. Perhaps #4 should be the Book shot for this year. On #5, I liked the echo of the lines and basic shape behind, but I know what you mean. Chris, thanks. Another vote for #4. Dave, and another. Thanks. Mark, that's good, since I'm usually all over the map. Thanks. hmm rethinking my fave... I switch to 4 if one had to pick from these... but there is another one of yours I'd like to see in the book. and i THINK you know which one it is :-) ann -- 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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frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ Very "Driver 8" (my very favorite REM song - and REM is my very favourite rock group). I love this gallery! I don't often like selective saturation (or selective desaturation), but it's very subtly and tastefully done; it really works to enhance the wonderful composition o these pieces. You don't often post PESOs or GESOs, but when you do they're invariably outstanding. This set certainly lives up to the lofty standard you've set. cheers, frank wow, thanks everyone. Frank, I appreciate it. Been feeling a little bleh about the output lately. All of them shot with the K-7 and 12-24/4, btw, so yeah, the tracks are normal CSX tracks. Joseph, thanks. Ann, like I said, more of the same. There's something intrinsically wistful about the subject, I think. Scott, thanks for that. Perhaps #4 should be the Book shot for this year. On #5, I liked the echo of the lines and basic shape behind, but I know what you mean. Chris, thanks. Another vote for #4. Dave, and another. Thanks. Mark, that's good, since I'm usually all over the map. Thanks. -- 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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David J Brooks wrote: Good set there Doug. 2, 3 and 4 do it for me, Dave I'll take 3 if I had to chose 1 - but I still think "enjoy" is the wrong word and Doug is being ironic there ... the photos have the sad , lonely, depressing tone that I think he felt about those mall shots he took were that I didn't because the place itself was initially so sterile. But unused tracks, rusting freight cars and rails get to me big time... ann On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ enjoy -- 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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Doug Brewer wrote: >more of the same: > >http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ Really good. The photos are very good individually but this gallery is one that's more than the sum of its parts. -- 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 Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:16 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: >> more of the same: >> >> http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ > > BTW, the tracks (which we get a good look at in #4) look very narrow. > Is that a narrow gauge railway or does it just look that way from the > perspective and lens focal length? Probably cold out and they shrunk.:-0 Dave > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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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Good set there Doug. 2, 3 and 4 do it for me, Dave On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ > > enjoy > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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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> From: Doug Brewer > Subject: GESO - around the tracks > > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ > > enjoy > I did enjoy Doug. You've toned down the colours brilliantly. No 4 is outstanding. Chris -- 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 Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ I think you've done a wonderful job of evoking a certain mood. A longing for things past, perhaps, or a desire to return home. Something like that. The desaturated colors work very well. A few critiques: #1 and #2 feel like they're missing something in the foreground. #5 is the weakest of the set. The gate and chain don't seem to be strong enough, geometrically, to be the focal point. #4 is like, wow, man. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that it's one of the best photos I've seen on the list. Ever. It does need some fiber-based glossy paper, though. Overall, I really like this set a lot. Good stuff, Doug. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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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Doug Brewer wrote: more of the same: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ enjoy ooh,looks like you are in a dark mood... these are very sad ann -- 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. On Nov 16, 2009, at 18:51 , Doug Brewer wrote: http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.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.
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ BTW, the tracks (which we get a good look at in #4) look very narrow. Is that a narrow gauge railway or does it just look that way from the perspective and lens focal length? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > more of the same: > > http://www.alphoto.com/images/tracks/ Very "Driver 8" (my very favorite REM song - and REM is my very favourite rock group). I love this gallery! I don't often like selective saturation (or selective desaturation), but it's very subtly and tastefully done; it really works to enhance the wonderful composition o these pieces. You don't often post PESOs or GESOs, but when you do they're invariably outstanding. This set certainly lives up to the lofty standard you've set. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
