On 05.07.2006, at 06:19 , Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
I was looking through the list of telephoto primes that Pentax has
made and I made a list of four I would be interested in. I am talking
to someone right now regarding a possible purchase of an FA* 300/4.5
but I am curious as to whether the A*
On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote:
rearing. Grace is my all these days. This may well be the best photo of
her I have taken to date:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4642110
Lordy... Attitude... Good luck papa :-)
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On Jul 4, 2006, at 3:06 PM, mike wilson wrote:
I should have written self powered. The risks are, of course, higher,
Watch the used market. I got my M*300/4 via ebay, and
have seen a couple there since. I'd imagine the A*
version may pop up from time to time too.
--- Bryan Vyhmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was looking through the list of telephoto primes
that Pentax has
made and I made a list of four
That is a lovely shot Paul. As another papa, with grand-children ranging
from 20 months to 15 years old, couldn't resist showing one of my youngest
one, Sofia. Unfortunately, I don't get to see her all that often, as she
lives in Hong Kong :-(
Touching
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Paul Stenquist
These days I spend much of my time with my granddaughter Grace. She
calls me papa. When I walk in the door she says, go by by papa. That
means she wants to go out in the garden with me. We throw a ball and a
frisbee. We
MARK! LOL
Seriously, this simple and succinct comment should be added to the FAQ,
made a part of the PDML sig, and we should have T-shirts made with this
quote emblazoned on them in big, red Pentax logo style letters.
Shel
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From: Paul Stenquist
Exposure is much more
Little Miss fixing her hair for the camera.
Cute :-)
Dave
At 04:19 PM 5/07/2006, John Coyle wrote:
That is a lovely shot Paul. As another papa, with grand-children ranging
from 20 months to 15 years old, couldn't resist showing one of my youngest
one, Sofia. Unfortunately, I don't get to
...sniff...Paul that's... snif...beautiful man...sniff
;-)
Seriously though, cute shot.
Dave
On 7/5/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These days I spend much of my time with my granddaughter Grace. She
calls me papa. When I walk in the door she says, go by by papa. That
means she
You should be happy with it. I've heard very few negative comments.
Dave
On 7/5/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As far as I remember that's about what I was getting a few years ago.
Maybe not even that. However, I've boned up a bit on the Epson R800
and it looks like a pretty good
G'day Dan,
My only comment/critique is that they seem to not be slightly OOF.
Aside from that they look fine.
I've only shot fireworks once out of the 5 frames I took 1 was halfway decent:
http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_009_2.htm
The rest were below or at tree level.
Dave
On
Bob, you've not been paying attention ;-)) This has been discussed here
several times. I'll let Godders explain it because he does a much better
job than I with this technical stuff. [ ... ]
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml
There are a couple of things
Op Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:23:32 +0200 schreef Shel Belinkoff
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MARK! LOL
Seriously, this simple and succinct comment should be added to the FAQ,
made a part of the PDML sig, and we should have T-shirts made with this
quote emblazoned on them in big, red Pentax logo style
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Toralf Lund wrote:
William Robb wrote:
Negative film gives the lab about a stop of underexposure and about 3 stops
of over exposure before a good print can't be pulled from it, a jpeg has
about half that latitude.
Doesn't this mean that what we ought to keep in mind is
The A 400/5.6 turns up on ebay from time to time. The price is usually
around $400. A bargain.
Paul
On Jul 5, 2006, at 12:19 AM, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
I was looking through the list of telephoto primes that Pentax has
made and I made a list of four I would be interested in. I am talking
to
Negative film gives the lab about a stop of underexposure and about 3 stops
of over exposure before a good print can't be pulled from it, a jpeg has
about half that latitude.
Doesn't this mean that what we ought to keep in mind is
It is better to overexpose than underexpose
for
Your quote-attributes are broken below and I cannot bother to fix
them.
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Toralf Lund wrote:
That's correct, I rate Superia 400 at 320; others go even further than
that.
Ah. Yes. There you have it. I heard people recommend this a number of
times, of course, only I didn't
They are listed on eekBay at the rate of 3-4 a week,
though at the moment I see only 2.
The price varies wildly, from $50.00 to $200.00+.
Don
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Paul,
A very fine photo.
Young children are marvelous.
You can 'see' what they are thinking.
Thanks for sharing your feelings.
I envy you.
Regards, Bob S.
On 7/4/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These days I spend much of my time with my granddaughter Grace. She
calls me papa. When
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Bob Sullivan wrote:
I think I understand now. Like Shel said, I haven't been paying close
enough attention. I have underestimated how far to the right that I
should be pushing the histogram curve. I'll make some corrections now
that I shooting RAW.
Some things to keep in mind:
1 - The
Great new! Please keep us informed
as the
opera progresses. It ain't over
until the fat lady sings ;-))
Or gets the horse over the fence.:-)
D
Shel
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Finally got a response from the organizer.
Lon Williamson wrote:
It seems to me that the recent spate of messages about PUG resulted in a
healthy number of photos.
Maybe we should all gripe a bit a week before the due date.
The number one response to Keith's Why I didn't contribute to the
PUG survey was I forgot. I expect a once-a-week
Toralf,
I assume you have looked at the foto video Nett pages.
Yep.
Unfortunately, unless they have employed some new staff lately, they
do not have neither compentence or interest in Pentax products. Two
times, they've tried to convince me that whatever Pentax has to offer,
it's
(Please note that I've written this to reinforce my understanding as much
as to help others)
I've had a great deal of trouble coming to terms with digital exposure.
Seems I'm not the only one.
I've learned that this is because I've read the following (only 50% true)
statement many times:
1.)
On 7/2/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/bkfast_tina.html
This was something of a stealth photo. The camera was aligned and framed
without my looking through the viewfinder, and as such, was placed at a low
angle. Had to crop some of the lower
Difficult to focus on such a temporary and wispy subject. Ya' did good.
Did you try some multiple exposures?
Thanks for the peek.
Jack
--- Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Our county runs a nice little fireworks display every year on the
Fourth of July. The fairgrounds is crowded,
Reasonable depends on your definition. They show up on e-bay
occasionally. www.keh.com, (very reputable) may have them listed as
used lenses. You can also check for them at www.bhphotovideo.com, (very
reputable), and www.adorama.com, (mostly reputable), as well as other
online photo
Lucas Rijnders wrote:
Op Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:23:32 +0200 schreef Shel Belinkoff
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MARK! LOL
Seriously, this simple and succinct comment should be added to the FAQ,
made a part of the PDML sig, and we should have T-shirts made with this
quote emblazoned on them in big,
I've got a used Pentax K 50mm f1.4 lens that exhibited weird behavior
last time I pulled it out of the bag.
The front end of the barrel is loose. No optics are moving or
anything... just the front barrel (which includes the front plate
that has the name of the lens with the serial number
Toralf Lund wrote:
Negative film gives the lab about a stop of underexposure and about 3 stops
of over exposure before a good print can't be pulled from it, a jpeg has
about half that latitude.
Doesn't this mean that what we ought to keep in mind is
It is better to overexpose
I know the zone sytem, William - IIRC it requires that you measure shadows
and higlight for each shot in order to place things in the right (wnated)
zone - provided you develop each shot individually.
With all respect - I thought the issue here was how to AVOID post
processing?
Regards
Jens Bladt
The front plate just unscrews from the front of the lens, (it's threaded
onto the filter threads), you need something that will apply friction to
the front yet not damage it while you spin it off. Some on this list
have used a properly sized tub stopper made of while rubber. Once it's
off the
I use it all the time. I'm very happy with the results.
I can batch up prints, use templates (e.g. three 4x6s or four 3.5x5s on a page).
If I chose a particular paper profile, it remembers what size paper
and what settings I last used with it and can load them automatically,
or not. Makes my job a
On Jul 5, 2006, at 7:19 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:
.. With all respect - I thought the issue here was how to AVOID post
processing?
With all respect, this thread has wandered all over hell and back
with regard to its intent to the point that the issue here is
whatever the latest poster wants
Same thing happened to my M 50 1.4 -- it was purely cosmetic and did not affect
anything except for filter use.
I think I fixed it with glue.
-Aaron
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Subj: K 50mm f1.4 lens is coming apart!
Date: Wed Jul 5, 2006 10:08 am
The screws come from under the ring around the front element, that has all the
bumph on it. It unscrews forward. When you do that, you will see the holes
where the screws go. They will fix the ring you are holding on. A spot of
nail varnish will hold them in place. Once the varnish dries
That's right. So where would you place the swans? Two or three stops above
18% grey?
Of cource it's i good idea to measure the highlights, but i find the
spotmeter difficult to use, and often the bright spots are much smaller than
the spots, so I have to rely on my own judgement anyway. Usually
Negative film gives the lab about a stop of underexposure and about 3
stops
of over exposure before a good print can't be pulled from it, a jpeg has
about half that latitude.
Doesn't this mean that what we ought to keep in mind is
It is better to
Thanks a lot Don. I take a look at the book and the web site.
Regards
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Sendt: 5. juli 2006 02:04
Til:
On Jul 5, 2006, at 9:44, P. J. Alling wrote:
The front plate just unscrews from the front of the lens, (it's
threaded
onto the filter threads), you need something that will apply
friction to
the front yet not damage it while you spin it off. Some on this list
have used a properly sized
mike wilson a écrit :
The screws come from under the ring around the front element, that has all
the bumph on it. It unscrews forward. When you do that, you will see the
holes where the screws go. They will fix the ring you are holding on. A
spot of nail varnish will hold them in place.
Keep trying. BTW: I foudn one for you - six hours left. Check your mail.
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On Jul 5, 2006, at 5:38 AM, Don Sanderson wrote:
1.) With film you expose for the shadows and develop for the
highlights.
2.) With digital you expose for the highlights and develop for the
shadows.
(Please note that the word important should always appear before the
words shadows and
On Jul 5, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:
That's right. So where would you place the swans? Two or three stops
above
18% grey?
Yep. If you're shooting jpeg and you want them to just barely hold
detail (or you want to minimize your post-production time spent), 2.7
stops is where I
On Jul 5, 2006, at 10:39 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
Even more differently put, isn't what people are saying here just a
rather convoluted version of you get less noise with a lower ISO
setting?
The majority of my work is limited to jpegs because it's volume/speed
oriented. But in my tests,
hi Charles... how's it going?
From: Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subj: K 50mm f1.4 lens is coming apart!
Date: Wed Jul 5, 2006 10:08 am
Size: 1K
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
I've got a used Pentax K 50mm f1.4 lens that exhibited weird behavior
last time I
On Jul 5, 2006, at 9:54, Michel Carrère-Gée wrote:
The good tool to remove the name ring !! 8-) :
http://perso.orange.fr/krg/trucs/reparations.htm#outil
Thanks, Michel!
The ring was actually a little loose (weird!) and I've been able to
turn it most of the way out - but now I'm bumped
Charles Robinson a écrit :
On Jul 5, 2006, at 9:54, Michel Carrère-Gée wrote:
The good tool to remove the name ring !! 8-) :
http://perso.orange.fr/krg/trucs/reparations.htm#outil
Thanks, Michel!
The ring was actually a little loose (weird!) and I've been able to
turn it
I try not to do overseas transactions with people who's language I don't
fully understand. (I guess that makes me a typical American, the lack
of understanding that is). I don't mind the fact that I can exhaust my
conversational French, or German trying to order a sandwich. But buying
a
Hello Shel,
By the time I write this, you may already know the outcome of the
usage by the paper. I like the shot. You have given a very good
sense of place with your framing. It is certainly bizarre looking to
see this huge fountain of water right on the street like that.
--
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Monday,
I use it quite a bit. It does a very good job of clean sharpening and
sizing up. It also allows for easier placement on the page or
multiple images on a single page. It was worth them money, IMO. Be
aware that the interface is a bit quirky.
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Best regards,
Bruce
Tuesday, July 4, 2006,
Right, spam the list and beat people over the head to contribute to the PUG
...
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Mark Roberts
The number one response to Keith's Why I didn't contribute to the
PUG survey was I forgot. I expect a once-a-week reminder would do
the trick. Perhaps someone might
I guess that makes this a horse opera LOL
Shel
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Great new! Please keep us informed as the
opera progresses. It ain't over until the fat
lady sings ;-))
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I've heard that described as a beauty ring.
Shel
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From: mike wilson
The screws come from under the ring around
the front element, that has all the bumph on it.
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... to take my dead CAnon-Pro-1 and either use it for parts
or
try to fix it?
Canon said they couldn't fix it (or wouldn't) I had to buy
a replacement.
I think it is a terrific camera - they have stopped making
it.
Plan A: you fix it and we sell it and share profits (you get
the most, cause
On 5/7/06, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed:
Right, spam the list and beat people over the head to contribute to the PUG
Some people need beating over the head.
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On 05/07/06, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think you missed my point. As far as I know, a digital sensor's
sensitivity to light is constant. The camera will usually have a
sensitivity or ISO setting, but what that really adjusts, is a gain
applied to the signal after it leaves the
Over the past few years, ever since seeing Elliott Erwitt's famous portrait
of the cellist, Cassals, I've been making portraits of people by showing
something of their environment, trying to capture a bit of who they are,
their interests, personalities, without including the person in the shot.
Interesting concept. Found myself reading book titles, checking decor
and photo.
Would hold more impact for me, however, if the portrait were only of
Linda.
Jack
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Over the past few years, ever since seeing Elliott Erwitt's famous
portrait
of the
Based on suggestions to bring out the feather detail more and to crop
just a little less centered, I have done some work on this photo.
Here is the result:
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3173c.htm
Here is the original:
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3173a.htm
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Sunday, July 2,
Dave,
Nice shot. It is a good angle, to me and the guy two down from the
subject really adds to the scene - helps to understand the feeling of
the moment.
--
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Monday, July 3, 2006, 2:11:59 AM, you wrote:
bcin One from the weekend.
bcin istD with FA70-200 and shot in Raw. Converted in
On Jul 5, 2006, at 3:20 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
But, but, isn't a similar trick available for digital? Can't you just
reduce the gain a bit and try to get an exposure in the middle (with
the same exposure) rather than aiming for an exposure to the right
(with a somewhat higher gain setting)?
Bruce Dayton wrote:
Based on suggestions to bring out the feather detail more and to crop
just a little less centered, I have done some work on this photo.
Here is the result:
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3173c.htm
Here is the original:
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3173a.htm
very interesting.
I hadnt heard of the portrait or the photographer (blissful ignorance!) -
thanks for sharing that info.
went on google and found it. The website also mentions this 'rule' which I
hadnt heard either Always include hands, because they are more expressive
than the face...
thats
Cotty wrote:
On 5/7/06, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed:
Right, spam the list and beat people over the head to contribute to the PUG
Some people need beating over the head.
Yeah, but for various different reasons :)
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Don Sanderson wrote:
1.) With film you expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights.
2.) With digital you expose for the highlights and develop for the
shadows.
(Please note that the word important should always appear before the
words shadows and highlights.)
Number 1 is a basic rule
very nice 'egretscape' !
the modified version does show details better.
natural background makes it a really good wildlife/nature pic.
regards
Sridhar
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Very cute, John!
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Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 1:19:34 AM, you wrote:
JC That is a lovely shot Paul. As another papa, with grand-children ranging
JC from 20 months to 15 years old, couldn't resist showing one of my youngest
JC one, Sofia. Unfortunately, I don't get to see her all that
Hello Paul,
The little ones are most precious. There is much for us to learn from
them. I can see something in her look here that goes beyond just a
cute smile. Very well done - you have captured a moment that will
stay with you.
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Tuesday, July 4, 2006, 8:23:02 PM, you wrote:
PS
I know you have worked on stuff like this before. This is pretty
good. It gives a sense of who she might be. It causes me to look at
things that could be associated with her and her thoughts.
With it all, I find that I am wanting to have something more in this
portrait. Perhaps some sense of
On 7/4/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These days I spend much of my time with my granddaughter Grace. She
calls me papa. When I walk in the door she says, go by by papa. That
means she wants to go out in the garden with me. We throw a ball and a
frisbee. We water the flowers ad
More better, Bruce ... ;-))
Shel
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From: Bruce Dayton
Based on suggestions to bring out the feather detail more and to crop
just a little less centered, I have done some work on this photo.
Here is the result:
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3173c.htm
Here is the
Some photos from the 4th:
http://neovenator.livejournal.com/106360.html
John Celio
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Erwitt has published a book called Handbook which is about the
expressiveness of hands. You can search the Magnum site to get a set
of his pictures in which hands are an important element:
http://tinyurl.com/osn8m
http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/FramerT_MAG.aspx?Stat=SearchImages_S
Why? Linda's family and childhood are a very important part of who she is.
Here we have a photo of her with her parents and brother, made more than
forty five years ago, juxtaposed with information that shows what her
interests and sensibilities are that grew with her from that childhood.
I discovered, that if I use a smaller size JPEG (lower quality) I can (with
the D) shoot as fast as I can move the camera form one position to annother.
For panoramas that are not printed, but placed on a web site, I believe this
resolution is qwuite sufficient. A web-panorama should be reduced to
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Jul 5, 2006, at 3:20 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
But, but, isn't a similar trick available for digital? Can't you just
reduce the gain a bit and try to get an exposure in the middle (with
the same exposure) rather than aiming for an exposure to the right
(with a
Brilliant!
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Emne: Re: K 50mm f1.4
Sorry - I meant to say: I did NOTICE that the bid amount was in GBP.
Jens Bladt
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Emne: RE: Coming Soon
Thanks to all who looked at this photo. Lots of nice comments. Grace will be
pleased:-).
Paul
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Hi Bruce ...
I understand what you're saying, and your comment has provided an idea for
some future work.
I don't know if what you're suggesting would strengthen this photo, but
then, since there's no alternative with a shadow or a hand, we'll never
know.
Shel
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From:
On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:26:36 -0600, Tom C wrote:
Cornflower with Bee by Jan van Wijk
Whoa... Love the blue! Nice compsotion with the OOF cornflowers in the
background.
Thanks for the comment, Tom.
I was quite amazed that the small Optio could
actually get the flower and bee sharp
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Does that include the English?
winking smiley thing/
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I think it would be an interesting PUG theme to have people do a
self-portrait in this style. That is, without showing themselves, but
only their environment, possessions or whatever.
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On 7/5/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Over the past few years, ever since seeing Elliott Erwitt's famous portrait
of the cellist, Cassals, I've been making portraits of people by showing
something of their environment, trying to capture a bit of who they are,
their interests,
That's an interesting comment coming from you, Frank, in that a couple of
years ago I posted a somewhat similar photo titled Janrt Chin's Chair
which showed a small part of her living room, including a TV set and some
pictures on the floor lined up along a wall. You were quite enthusiastic
about
Only Linda's portrait be shown on the table. In that case, I'd be
comfortable assigning those referenced elements ONLY to her.
How current is the photo? Which female in the photo is Linda? Does she
currently live alone?
Questions that disallow a defination of who Linda is. I can't know her
in
Thanks Tom!
Jostein
On 7/4/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These are the ones that jump out at me this month...
Curves in... by Jostein
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This was going to be my contribution to the PUG, taken almost a month
ago. However not only did I forget the due date, I forgot that I had
the file. It's a BW conversion which I find has great promise.
Hopefully you all will agree.
http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_whatsit.html
I'm not sure I really like this little photo, but I'm sharing it
anyway. I hope to get some feedback on it so here it is.
http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_untitledvi.html
Technical Info:
Pentax *ist-Ds ISO 200 @ 1/100sec (M)
smc Pentax 17mm f4.0 fisheye @ ~f16.0
As usual comments
Hi Bob,
I agree about the lighting. Nothing that can be done about it other than
to photograph the scene at a different time of year and later in the day.
That there's not enough of Linda in the photo is also a part of who Linda
is. Were there lots of memorabilia around, knick-nacks, and the
Hi Jens,
So you have sort of solved your problem, at least for web use. That's
good news. :-)
I normally enjoy your iSee carousels, but this one makes me dizzy. I
had the feeling of cringing down to the left as the picture rotates.
If you look at the water horizon, it tilts very slightly to the
One of my rules when doing this is not to touch or alter anything that's
being photographed. If something's askew, even if it may somehow detract
from an ideal photo, it remains askew. My feeling is that to touch
anything or make an adjustment, other than camera angles or lens choices,
is almost
This is a great egret photo, the earlier version had potential, and this
version brings it out.
Bruce Dayton wrote:
Based on suggestions to bring out the feather detail more and to crop
just a little less centered, I have done some work on this photo.
Here is the result:
On 7/5/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's an interesting comment coming from you, Frank, in that a couple of
years ago I posted a somewhat similar photo titled Janrt Chin's Chair
which showed a small part of her living room, including a TV set and some
pictures on the floor
Is that a covered bridge? I have some pictures somewhere of something
very similar in North Carolina. My pictures are similar to yours, if
my memory serves me. I was not there long enough to be able to pick
the right position, light conditions etc. to make anything more than
an 'I was here' photo,
Hi Shel,
It reminds me of showcase installations in a furniture shop. An IKEA
kind of thing. I find it difficult to believe in a real person behind
it.
It's a nicely executed shot, though, technically.
Jostein
On 7/5/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Over the past few years, ever
Hi Shel,
well, you seem to have photographed Linda's home, not her work
environment, which is one reason why I can make such a statement about
Nachtwey. The other reason, which illustrates my other point, is that
we know something of what Nachtwey at work is like from the
documentary, from his
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