An orgy of HDR and computer-enhanced kitsch

The Guardian presents the winners of this year's international garden photographer of the year competition. "The waterfall is pictured surrounded by autumn-toned trees, and with the (enhanced/added) mist..." "... which I created from a bug hotel in my garden using in-camera image blending" "The

Re: An orgy of HDR and computer-enhanced kitsch

Over saturation = overrated !! Cot On 9 Feb 2023, at 15:48, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: The whole selection looks like an ad for a well-known photo enhancement software. But don't take my word for it. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2023/feb/08/international-garden-photographe

Re: An orgy of HDR and computer-enhanced kitsch

> On 09/02/2023 15:48 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > The Guardian presents the winners of this year's international garden > photographer of the year competition. > > "The waterfall is pictured surrounded by autumn-toned trees, and with > the (enhanced/added) mist..." > > "... which I crea

Re: February PUG is up

Another really good gallery! Ralf, Stan, Don, AnnSan, and Pstevens are tied in “first place” for me. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Pretty high for not being able to inspect it

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Re: Why are snowflakes like this?

I remember someone who used to post here a lot had a fairly elaborate setup for photographing snowflakes (was that also Mark Cassino?) & the images were well received whenever he posted PESOs for them. That's why the video caught my eye in the first place and I thought it might interest some h

Re: An orgy of HDR and computer-enhanced kitsch

I would love to create images like that "Blue Tajinaste, La Palma, Canary Islands" ... HDR has its place. On 2/9/2023 10:48 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: The Guardian presents the winners of this year's international garden photographer of the year competition. "The waterfall is pictured su

Re: IR camera conversion

I had my K01 converted to IR a few years ago. I sent it to Isaac Szabo and did a great job. He also converted a Nikon P6000 for me many years ago. https://www.isaacszabo.com/infrared.html I opted for the 720nm filter. Check out his fish photos while at that website. In terms of lenses, the humb

Re: IR camera conversion

I screwed up the flickr link. THis one might work: https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcassino/albums/72177720305907173 MaRK c Sent with Proton Mail secure email. --- Original Message --- On Thursday, February 9th, 2023 at 4:17 PM, Mark C wrote: > I had my K01 converted to IR a few

Flamingos in the Park

It’s been an unusually warm winter in Philadelphia, but it was still surprising to find flamingos in the park across the street. They must have been unwell, because they were smooth and shiny and didn’t move. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/February-2023/Feb-miscellany/i-f58Df2c/A Rick -- %

Re: An orgy of HDR and computer-enhanced kitsch

Am 09.02.23 um 22:12 schrieb John Sessoms: HDR has its place. It certainly has and I've used it at times. Much like perfume or make-up, it's best when it's not immediately apparent. Nothing wrong with using it as an effect like solarisation or multiple exposure, but cranking each and every ph

Re: Flamingos in the Park

Those are Arctic Flamingos (Pinkus birdus brassbollocus). They hibernate at latitudes below the Arctic Circle. > On 9 Feb 2023, at 21:55, Rick Womer wrote: > > It’s been an unusually warm winter in Philadelphia, but it was still > surprising to find flamingos in the park across the street. >

Re: February PUG is up

> On 4 Feb 2022, at 11:00, Brian W wrote: > > G'day all > > Enjoy the new gallery here: > > http://pug.komkon.org/ > > (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery there). > > Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not > infallible. So, i

Re: February PUG is up

Hi Jan I've checked the mail server and there's no sign of any submission received from you - so not sure what happened. If you want to send me the usual info about the image, I'm happy to add it. Cheers Brian > On 10 February 2023 at 12:25 li...@dfsee.com wrote: > > > > > > On 4 Feb 20

Re: Why are snowflakes like this?

Also Jostein, in Norway. Nothing like a head start. > On 09/02/2023 21:07 John Sessoms wrote: > > > I remember someone who used to post here a lot had a fairly elaborate > setup for photographing snowflakes (was that also Mark Cassino?) & the > images were well received whenever he posted PE