Re: PaD #22 river sunset
I like the shot, too, =except= for the tilt. It makes me want to hold onto something to keep from sliding off the right side. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 1/14/10, frank theriault wrote: > > http://365xclick.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-sunset-22365.html > > > > I might not be becoming a better photographer but > getting better > > (worse) about sharing. > > GREAT photo! > > And I'm not just saying that because I like the tilt - but > the tilt is > certainly part of what makes it. > > Just beautiful. > > 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: PaD #22 river sunset
Thanks Ken for the good crop =) 2010/1/15 Ken Waller : > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > - Original Message - From: "eckinator" > Subject: Re: PaD #22 river sunset > > >> 2010/1/15 Bran Everseeking : >>> >>> I was told a hot-shoe level would help my horizons but it hasn't yet. >>> Think I was supposed to take it out of the bag? >> >> about the image: what frank said - the tilt does separate it from >> others of its kind =] >> >> about the level: get a grid focusing screen instead - they don't cost >> that much but to help a lot more because you can try several reference >> lines in the viewfinder and not just level the camera realtive to >> gravity but level your composition relative to your view which may be >> totally different > > I find the gridded focus screen to be a much better help in getting 'non > tilted' shots since you're lining up elements in the scene with the > orientation of the camera. With the external level all you're assuring is > the camera is level to the earth. > >> cheers >> ecke > > > -- > 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: PaD #22 river sunset
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:02:01 +0100 eckinator wrote: > about the level: get a grid focusing screen instead - they don't cost > that much but to help a lot more because you can try several reference > lines in the viewfinder and not just level the camera realtive to > gravity but level your composition relative to your view which may be > totally different I tend to twist the thing until I am happy with the viewfinder's take on what i am shooting. I do have a katzeye screen because i rarely mount one of the AF lenses. I thought I was being funny if true, I have had the level for quite a few years and not used it. -- "Love" is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition.- Robert Heinlein -- 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: PaD #22 river sunset
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "eckinator" Subject: Re: PaD #22 river sunset 2010/1/15 Bran Everseeking : I was told a hot-shoe level would help my horizons but it hasn't yet. Think I was supposed to take it out of the bag? about the image: what frank said - the tilt does separate it from others of its kind =] about the level: get a grid focusing screen instead - they don't cost that much but to help a lot more because you can try several reference lines in the viewfinder and not just level the camera realtive to gravity but level your composition relative to your view which may be totally different I find the gridded focus screen to be a much better help in getting 'non tilted' shots since you're lining up elements in the scene with the orientation of the camera. With the external level all you're assuring is the camera is level to the earth. cheers ecke -- 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: PaD #22 river sunset
Very nice. Dave On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Bran Everseeking wrote: > http://365xclick.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-sunset-22365.html > > I might not be becoming a better photographer but getting better > (worse) about sharing. > > -- > "Love" is that condition in which the happiness of another person is > essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy > condition.- Robert Heinlein > > -- > 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.
Re: PaD #22 river sunset
2010/1/15 Bran Everseeking : > > I was told a hot-shoe level would help my horizons but it hasn't yet. > Think I was supposed to take it out of the bag? about the image: what frank said - the tilt does separate it from others of its kind =] about the level: get a grid focusing screen instead - they don't cost that much but to help a lot more because you can try several reference lines in the viewfinder and not just level the camera realtive to gravity but level your composition relative to your view which may be totally different cheers ecke -- 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: PaD #22 river sunset
- Original Message - From: "Bran Everseeking" Subject: PaD #22 river sunset http://365xclick.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-sunset-22365.html I might not be becoming a better photographer but getting better (worse) about sharing. I'd forgotten that you guys have a real river running through your city. William Robb -- 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: PaD #22 river sunset
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:22:52 -0500 frank theriault wrote: > GREAT photo! > > And I'm not just saying that because I like the tilt - but the tilt is > certainly part of what makes it. > > Just beautiful. I was told a hot-shoe level would help my horizons but it hasn't yet. Think I was supposed to take it out of the bag? Thanks Frank -- "Love" is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition.- Robert Heinlein -- 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: PaD #22 river sunset
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Bran Everseeking wrote: > http://365xclick.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-sunset-22365.html > > I might not be becoming a better photographer but getting better > (worse) about sharing. GREAT photo! And I'm not just saying that because I like the tilt - but the tilt is certainly part of what makes it. Just beautiful. 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.
