OT GESO - quickie street

2012-10-20 Thread Derby Chang
For various reasons, I only had an hour and a half for shooting today. It is interesting how much I don't like not having the luxury of getting into the rhythm. Still, the weather was gorgeous, and I felt like shooting with the Fuji X100. I hope I hadn't maligned it too much in recent posts.

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2012-10-20 Thread Steven Desjardins
That post speaks volumes, Derby. 1.5 hours would be a good day for me. I like the set, especially the sitting couple. She's giving you a glancing look that is hard to read. On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Derby Chang wrote: > > > For various reasons, I only had an hour and a half for shooting

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2012-10-20 Thread Bruce Walker
Derby, an excellent set, by any measure. Image #18 is really intriguing to me. With the backlit hair, the god-rays, and the almost formal postures and placement, it has the look of a posed album cover or publicity shot, except it's obviously not. Question. How do you prefer to do your b&w convers

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2012-10-20 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Usual great stuff. I still hate you. ;-) Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Derby Chang Sent: October 20, 2012 10/20/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: OT G

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2012-10-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 20/10/12, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >For various reasons, I only had an hour and a half for shooting today. >It is interesting how much I don't like not having the luxury of getting >into the rhythm. Still, the weather was gorgeous, and I felt like >shooting with the Fuji

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2012-10-23 Thread Derby Chang
Thanks for the comments, guys. I don't do anything particularly elaborate with the conversion. Import as DNG, LR B&W High Contrast Preset, a few tweaks with the exposure and black levels, maybe bring up the shadow slider a bit. Then get out and shoot some more. Here's another gallery of X100

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2012-10-23 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 23/10/12, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: >Here's another gallery of X100 shots. > >http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/10/firefighters/index.html Suuuperb! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _

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2012-10-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Another wonderful set, Derby. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Derby Chang wrote: > Thanks for the comments, guys. > > I don't do anything particularly elaborate with the conversion. Import as > DNG, LR B&W High Contrast Preset, a few tweaks with the exposure and black > levels, maybe bring up t