Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens
0321, by far. A bit too bad the tree stump shows having been cut. You, however, did all it was possible to do with the scene. Excellent composition and DOF. Don't like the peek-a-boo limb in upper right of 0318. Needs to be connected. Jack --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so it is not really a matched pair, but the same mitten twice. These were both taken near the same time. I'm trying to decide which I like better. It would be nice to get opinions on what you like, if any. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0318.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0321.htm -- Bruce __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens
I'm for No 2, too. I like the way that there appears to be a succession of simialr outcrops, standing guard over something to the left. John On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:22:25 +0100, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #2 gets my vote. The framing with the overhanging branch in #1 doesn't work for me--it somehow clashes with the spacious feel of the rest of the image. Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so it is not really a matched pair, but the same mitten twice. These were both taken near the same time. I'm trying to decide which I like better. It would be nice to get opinions on what you like, if any. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0318.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0321.htm -- Bruce __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens
I like the second one it has a more dynamic composition. Bruce Dayton wrote: Ok, so it is not really a matched pair, but the same mitten twice. These were both taken near the same time. I'm trying to decide which I like better. It would be nice to get opinions on what you like, if any. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0318.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0321.htm -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens
i don't like the shadow and the tree branch above on the first one. did you use a polarizer on either of these shots? the vegetation looks like it is reflecting the sky. Herb - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:35 PM Subject: PESO - Pair of Mittens Ok, so it is not really a matched pair, but the same mitten twice. These were both taken near the same time. I'm trying to decide which I like better. It would be nice to get opinions on what you like, if any.
Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens
On 7/18/05, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so it is not really a matched pair, but the same mitten twice. These were both taken near the same time. I'm trying to decide which I like better. It would be nice to get opinions on what you like, if any. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0318.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0321.htm #2. I like the other monuments in the distance. Gives a better sense of the isolation of the place for me. I also like the stump in the foreground, being almost the same apparent size as the mitten, even though we know it isn't. Almost kind of funny. g I usually like such things, but the overhanging branch in the foreground doesn't work so well for me in #1. -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Well, so far, it is certainly unanimous that the second is better than the first. Shooting info on the second one: Pentax *istD, DA 16-45/4, handheld, polarizer ISO 200, 1/90 sec @ f/13, 26mm focal length date/time: 6/16/2005 @ 2:16:09 pm I do appreciate the feedback. The polarizer was set to show as much separation of cloud and sky as possible. I don't know if that would have an opposite effect on the plants, but I would guess that they would gain the same benefit. Perhaps it would have looked much worse without the polarization? -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, July 18, 2005, 4:19:13 PM, you wrote: HC i don't like the shadow and the tree branch above on the first one. did you HC use a polarizer on either of these shots? the vegetation looks like it is HC reflecting the sky. HC Herb HC - Original Message - HC From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] HC To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net HC Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:35 PM HC Subject: PESO - Pair of Mittens Ok, so it is not really a matched pair, but the same mitten twice. These were both taken near the same time. I'm trying to decide which I like better. It would be nice to get opinions on what you like, if any.
Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens
The first has too much going on, distracting, a snap to record you being there. The second is more interesting, but I believe a lower perspective, with the foreground stump 'competing' with the mittens would be a stronger image. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:35 PM Subject: PESO - Pair of Mittens Ok, so it is not really a matched pair, but the same mitten twice. These were both taken near the same time. I'm trying to decide which I like better. It would be nice to get opinions on what you like, if any. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0318.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0321.htm -- Bruce
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it could be that the polarizer was not having much effect at all on the plants. it looks like the sun was behind you and moderately high in the sky. Herb - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Herb Chong pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 7:43 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens I do appreciate the feedback. The polarizer was set to show as much separation of cloud and sky as possible. I don't know if that would have an opposite effect on the plants, but I would guess that they would gain the same benefit. Perhaps it would have looked much worse without the polarization?
Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens
Hi! Ok, so it is not really a matched pair, but the same mitten twice. These were both taken near the same time. I'm trying to decide which I like better. It would be nice to get opinions on what you like, if any. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0318.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0321.htm Kind of strange. You see, I've read the comments (this time at least) before posting mine. I never was there and to me the first shot actually looks interesting. The second one is more classic of course - the vertical close-far composition. I guess the shadow does distract, so with great reluctance I'd vote for second one... Boris
Re: PESO - Pair of Mittens
Re: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0318.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/monumentvalley_0321.htm The juniper trees in the foregrounds are probably 300 to 400 years old. It's hard to find a sizeable one in Navajo country that doesn't have axe marks in it. Heading to the same general area tomorrow or Wed. Both are nice, Bruce, but something about the second one appeals to me more. Joe
