Re: Kitchen abstract

2021-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks guys > On Mar 12, 2021, at 7:22 PM, Alan C wrote: > > Yes. You see. Very good. > > Alan C > > On 13-Mar-21 12:02 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> That is a fine abstract! >> >> Dan Matyola >> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery >> * >> >> >

Re: Kitchen abstract

2021-03-12 Thread Alan C
Yes. You see. Very good. Alan C On 13-Mar-21 12:02 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a fine abstract! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 4:44 PM Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 11, 2021, at 11:36 PM, Alan C

Re: PESOs Snowdrops

2021-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have flip out live view, but focus Is critical here, so I get down. Paul > On Mar 12, 2021, at 4:27 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > my pic of these is the middle one, where they are pushing up through the > leaves.. > You need a body ( um camera body, that is) with the flip out live view scree

Re: PESOs Snowdrops

2021-03-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I've never tried crocus in planters. I try to "neutralize" them, as I do for some of our daffodils. Putting them in planters would ruin the effect, but it might be worthwhile to put a few in planters, just for photographic purposes. Thanks for the suggestion. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJ

Re: PESOs Snowdrops

2021-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Excellent, as usual! > > I can relate to your comments about getting down for macro shots of small > flowers. I photographed my crocuses a couple of days ago, and they are > VERY close to the ground. (I planted a few larger varieti

Re: PESOs Snowdrops

2021-03-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Excellent, as usual! I can relate to your comments about getting down for macro shots of small flowers. I photographed my crocuses a couple of days ago, and they are VERY close to the ground. (I planted a few larger varieties as well a couple of years ago, but they have not emerged yet; I hope

Re: Kitchen abstract

2021-03-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a fine abstract! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 4:44 PM Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Mar 11, 2021, at 11:36 PM, Alan C wrote: > > > > You could try a super-macro. > > > > I don’t have supermacro a

Re: PESOs Snowdrops

2021-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 1:29 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I have flip out live view, but focus Is critical here, so I get down. In theory this is where the tethering to a cell phone or tablet would come in very handy. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: PESOs Snowdrops

2021-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 1:13 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I’ve been shooting a snowdrop pic or two every spring for the past 20 years > of so. It gets harder to get up off the ground every year. I may retire. > These aren’’t as good as some previous efforts, but they are, indeed, > snowdrops.

Re: Kitchen abstract

2021-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 11, 2021, at 11:36 PM, Alan C wrote: > > You could try a super-macro. > I don’t have supermacro ability, but I pushed the dfa100 in about as close as it would go and added a few frames to the end of the album Here’s one I particularly like https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/510

Re: PESOs Snowdrops

2021-03-12 Thread ann sanfedele
my pic of these is the middle one, where they are pushing up through the leaves.. You need a body ( um camera body, that is) with the flip out live view screen and a low lying Tri pod   - ann On 3/12/2021 4:13 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I’ve been shooting a snowdrop pic or two every spring for

PESOs Snowdrops

2021-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I’ve been shooting a snowdrop pic or two every spring for the past 20 years of so. It gets harder to get up off the ground every year. I may retire. These aren’’t as good as some previous efforts, but they are, indeed, snowdrops. First pushed up through the leaves earlier this week. https://www

Re: Kitchen abstract

2021-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 10:01 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > most effective if you don't show what it really is.. but the bowl is very > pretty Thanks. I found the bowls a bit over a year ago at Costco and decided that they were both pretty and inexpensive enough to get some, rather than my nor

Re: Kitchen abstract

2021-03-12 Thread ann sanfedele
most effective if you don't show what it really is.. but the bowl is very pretty ann On 3/12/2021 12:46 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Here’s another of my kitchen abstracts: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/51028029016/in/album-72157718616037672/ slightly less abstract, but still geometric ht

Re: PESO extreme crop

2021-03-12 Thread ann sanfedele
well it looks great on my monitor .. The birdie seems to know you are watching him and is wondering what you are doing.. ann On 3/11/2021 12:32 PM, Toine wrote: Inspired by out of the office. This is the max crop I can accept from a handheld shot with the KP and the DA300 (with a little help f