Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies
2010/6/25 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Thanks Frank. Grace has told me that they are indeed fairies. Try believing then =) They are in their very own way. 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: Peso - another stab at fireflies
Kudos for attempting such an elusive subject. Love the overall lighting. Don't know what the ISO setting was, but I see a pretty noise free image for an exposure of that length. There are no such lightning bugs (that's what we called them years ago when living in Iowa) in California. Certainly not that I'm aware off. We used to catch them and smash them on our faces. Messy, but innocent summer evening fun. Jack --- On Thu, 6/24/10, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Peso - another stab at fireflies To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:15 AM Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on pixels, perhaps with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's not much of a picture if you can't see some of the environment, so black and midrange work in post is necessary. I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Jack Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg --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 - another stab at fireflies
Like this one a lot better than the first. The guy in the UR corner is a little distracting because of the length of the trail and draws my eyes away from the rest of the image. I'd consider cloning him/her out. -p On 6/24/2010 11:15 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on pixels, perhaps with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's not much of a picture if you can't see some of the environment, so black and midrange work in post is necessary. I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2960 - Release Date: 06/24/10 01:35:00 -- 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 - another stab at fireflies
Thanks Paul. I was going to clone the long trail, but I figured it was interesting if not attractive. But you're right in that it would be a better photo without it. Paul On Jun 24, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Like this one a lot better than the first. The guy in the UR corner is a little distracting because of the length of the trail and draws my eyes away from the rest of the image. I'd consider cloning him/ her out. -p On 6/24/2010 11:15 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on pixels, perhaps with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's not much of a picture if you can't see some of the environment, so black and midrange work in post is necessary. I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2960 - Release Date: 06/24/10 01:35:00 -- 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 - another stab at fireflies
That's a wonderful image. I like the long trail in the upper right; I think that it makes the image, rather than distracting from it. It shows what a determined little bug can do! dan On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Like this one a lot better than the first. The guy in the UR corner is a little distracting because of the length of the trail and draws my eyes away from the rest of the image. I'd consider cloning him/her out. -p On 6/24/2010 11:15 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on pixels, perhaps with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's not much of a picture if you can't see some of the environment, so black and midrange work in post is necessary. I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2960 - Release Date: 06/24/10 01:35:00 -- 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 - another stab at fireflies
Positively what Dan said imho. Keep the log trail; don't be tempted into negating that bug's efforts. And don't clone out the bird either - after all it stood still in mid-take-off for 30 seconds =) All in all wonderful image indeed thanks for sharing ecke 2010/6/24 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: That's a wonderful image. I like the long trail in the upper right; I think that it makes the image, rather than distracting from it. It shows what a determined little bug can do! dan On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Like this one a lot better than the first. The guy in the UR corner is a little distracting because of the length of the trail and draws my eyes away from the rest of the image. I'd consider cloning him/her out. -p On 6/24/2010 11:15 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on pixels, perhaps with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's not much of a picture if you can't see some of the environment, so black and midrange work in post is necessary. I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2960 - Release Date: 06/24/10 01:35:00 -- 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.
Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies
On Jun 24, 2010, at 11:15, P N Stenquist wrote: I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg That's some tricky work there. I like the mood, but it needs more something (don't know what that is) to REALLY work for me. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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 - another stab at fireflies
On Jun 24, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jun 24, 2010, at 11:15, P N Stenquist wrote: I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg That's some tricky work there. I like the mood, but it needs more something (don't know what that is) to REALLY work for me. I missed that the first time around. Life got busy and I got overwhelmed by 500+ messages in the queue. I really like this. It is, perhaps, a bit dark, but very cool. If I lived where there were fireflies, I'd be out trying that myself tonight. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
Re: Peso - another stab at fireflies
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:15 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on pixels, perhaps with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's not much of a picture if you can't see some of the environment, so black and midrange work in post is necessary. I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg A hundred years ago you could have called it evidence of fairies or forest nymphs at night or something like that. Pretty cool stuff! 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 - another stab at fireflies
Thanks Frank. Grace has told me that they are indeed fairies. Paul On Jun 24, 2010, at 8:41 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:15 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Another great firefly show last night, and I again tried to capture it on pixels, perhaps with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's not much of a picture if you can't see some of the environment, so black and midrange work in post is necessary. I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top right was only about 15 feet away. Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831size=lg A hundred years ago you could have called it evidence of fairies or forest nymphs at night or something like that. Pretty cool stuff! 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.
