Re: Accidental art

2005-06-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Kenneth Waller wrote: > >> for me the centered, static composition really hurts an otherwise well done >> image. I like the background on this, as it is less in competition with the >> subject than first one you posted. > >I agr

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-30 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Kenneth Waller wrote: for me the centered, static composition really hurts an otherwise well done image. I like the background on this, as it is less in competition with the subject than first one you posted. I agree. I should also pour some venom for that 28-70. Kostas

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-29 Thread Kenneth Waller
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Accidental art > "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >very nice. It's all one shade, but there is a subtle range of tones. I > >bet it would look good as a &quo

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-29 Thread Mark Roberts
"Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >very nice. It's all one shade, but there is a subtle range of tones. I >bet it would look good as a "wall picture" enlargement. I was thinking exactly that :) Here's another from the same shoot: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/fern2.jpg -- Mark

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-29 Thread Steve Desjardins
very nice. It's all one shade, but there is a subtle range of tones. I bet it would look good as a "wall picture" enlargement. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-29 Thread frank theriault
On 6/28/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago, I > needed to get some photos of fern spores. A couple of the shots ended up > looking so nice that they stand on their own from an artistic > standpoint. At least I think so. Othe

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-29 Thread SonC
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Mark Roberts wrote: > While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago, I > needed to get some photos of fern spores. A couple of the shots ended up > looking so nice that they stand on their own from an artistic > standpoint. At least I think so. Other opin

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-29 Thread Charles Braswell Jr
Hi Mark, < While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago > Nice shot. Background might be a little busy for my taste. You know me, I like that smooth velvety look ; ) < Nice composition and the spores make a difference, but I think the background is too similar chromatically to

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Juey Chong Ong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark, > >It reminds me of photos in the book: > >By Nature's Design >Text by Pat Murphy, Photographs by William Neill, Foreword by Diane >Ackerman >Chronicle Books, 1993 Wow, that's high praise! (I already have that book.) >There are some fern photogr

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-28 Thread Jay Taylor
Re: Accidental art brooksdj Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:53:33 -0700 > While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago, I > needed to get some photos of fern spores. A couple of the shots ended up > looking so nice that they stand on

RE: Accidental art

2005-06-28 Thread Jens Bladt
It realy IS nice, Mark. Where are the Nature Guide shots? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 28. juni 2005 23:36 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Accidental art While out taking

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-28 Thread Juey Chong Ong
Mark, It reminds me of photos in the book: By Nature's Design Text by Pat Murphy, Photographs by William Neill, Foreword by Diane Ackerman Chronicle Books, 1993 There are some fern photographs in there done with a Pentax Spotmatic (most of the other photos are made with Nikon 35mm and Wist

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-28 Thread brooksdj
> While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago, I > needed to get some photos of fern spores. A couple of the shots ended up > looking so nice that they stand on their own from an artistic > standpoint. At least I think so. Other opinions

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
Ditto what Mark said. Great simple abstract. My kind of image. Wouldn't change a thing. Available light? ISO? f stop? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:35 PM Subject: Accidental art

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Pretty pic. Nicely composed. Paul On Jun 28, 2005, at 5:35 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago, I needed to get some photos of fern spores. A couple of the shots ended up looking so nice that they stand on their own from an artistic standpoin

Re: Accidental art

2005-06-28 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Mark Roberts wrote: While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago, I needed to get some photos of fern spores. A couple of the shots ended up looking so nice that they stand on their own from an artistic standpoint. At least I think so. Other opinions welco

Accidental art

2005-06-28 Thread Mark Roberts
While out taking shots for the Nature Guides job a few days ago, I needed to get some photos of fern spores. A couple of the shots ended up looking so nice that they stand on their own from an artistic standpoint. At least I think so. Other opinions welcome :) Here's one: http://www.robertstech.com