Re: PESO: Spring Chores
Nice to read, Dan! Thank you! Jack --- On Sat, 5/21/11, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > From: Daniel J. Matyola > Subject: Re: PESO: Spring Chores > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 2:01 PM > Nice timing and a great catch! > Very good image overall. > > Dan > > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Jack Davis > wrote: > > California version of a Robin doing its spring thing. > I'm very lucky to have been within 'prox 40 ft watching her > collect that load of my dead grass. Guessed she might take > it to the top of the fence for a moment before heading to > the job site. > > I wonder really how well she can see. Bless her! > > > > Comments appreciated! > > > > Jack > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=602 > > > > K5, DA55~300@300mm, f/7.1, 1/2500, ISO 1600, very > heavy crop. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > 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: PESO: Spring Chores
Nice timing and a great catch! Very good image overall. Dan On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > California version of a Robin doing its spring thing. I'm very lucky to have > been within 'prox 40 ft watching her collect that load of my dead grass. > Guessed she might take it to the top of the fence for a moment before heading > to the job site. > I wonder really how well she can see. Bless her! > > Comments appreciated! > > Jack > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=602 > > K5, DA55~300@300mm, f/7.1, 1/2500, ISO 1600, very heavy crop. > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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: PESO: Spring Chores
Very considerate message, Frank! Jack --- On Sat, 5/21/11, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: Re: PESO: Spring Chores > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 12:34 PM > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Jack > Davis > wrote: > > Thanks, Frank! She is facing directly into a bright > (harsh?) early AM sun which is lighting up the nest material > as though it were electric. I had reduced highlights with > the "color curves" tool and applied my usual slightly > conservative amount of sharpening.(?) > > I'm now on another computer and things look a lot > better. I guess > it's just my lousy monitor. > > ;-) > > The "oversharpened" look is gone. > > Now I can see that it's a lovely photo. > > 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. > -- 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: PESO: Spring Chores
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Thanks, Frank! She is facing directly into a bright (harsh?) early AM sun > which is lighting up the nest material as though it were electric. I had > reduced highlights with the "color curves" tool and applied my usual slightly > conservative amount of sharpening.(?) I'm now on another computer and things look a lot better. I guess it's just my lousy monitor. ;-) The "oversharpened" look is gone. Now I can see that it's a lovely photo. 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.
Re: PESO: Spring Chores
Thanks, Frank! She is facing directly into a bright (harsh?) early AM sun which is lighting up the nest material as though it were electric. I had reduced highlights with the "color curves" tool and applied my usual slightly conservative amount of sharpening.(?) Jack --- On Sat, 5/21/11, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: Re: PESO: Spring Chores > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 11:49 AM > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Jack > Davis > wrote: > > California version of a Robin doing its spring thing. > I'm very lucky to have been within 'prox 40 ft watching her > collect that load of my dead grass. Guessed she might take > it to the top of the fence for a moment before heading to > the job site. > > I wonder really how well she can see. Bless her! > > > > Comments appreciated! > > > > Jack > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=602 > > > > K5, DA55~300@300mm, f/7.1, 1/2500, ISO 1600, very > heavy crop. > > Light is beautiful! Looks a bit harsh to me, maybe a > tad oversharpened? > > Nice composition and subject. A moment well-caught. > > 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. > -- 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: PESO: Spring Chores
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > California version of a Robin doing its spring thing. I'm very lucky to have > been within 'prox 40 ft watching her collect that load of my dead grass. > Guessed she might take it to the top of the fence for a moment before heading > to the job site. > I wonder really how well she can see. Bless her! > > Comments appreciated! > > Jack > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=602 > > K5, DA55~300@300mm, f/7.1, 1/2500, ISO 1600, very heavy crop. Light is beautiful! Looks a bit harsh to me, maybe a tad oversharpened? Nice composition and subject. A moment well-caught. 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.
