Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-04 Thread Brian Walters
On Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:28 PM, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the central North Island, New Zealand. The mist is in fact

RE: PESO: inferno

2011-11-03 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alastair Robertson https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=direc tlink This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the central North Island, New Zealand. The mist is in

RE: PESO: inferno

2011-11-03 Thread Bob W
thanks for the comments Bob and Larry. I deliberately rendered it on the dark side to capture the mood I was trying to portray - hence the midtones are intended to be a shade above black, the mist close to white, and areas of black with black silhouettes for individual trees and bits of the

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Like it - curious about the color version but the bw certainly works well. The figure is just right. ann On 11/2/2011 22:28, Alastair Robertson wrote: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-03 Thread Alastair Robertson
thanks Bob W and Anne. I like the reference to Satan's Inferno. My inferno came from the name of the one of the craters. Ann the colour version is not very inspiring - lots of dark green and not much else Alastair On 4 November 2011 02:28, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Like it -

PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Alastair Robertson
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the central North Island, New Zealand. The mist is in fact steam from two crater lakes. A very interesting place to visit. Tech Details: K10D, F70-210

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Alastair, It's pretty dark to see what's happening. Looking magnified, I believe I see conifers. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink This is taken at

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Larry Colen
On 11/2/2011 7:36 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Alastair, It's pretty dark to see what's happening. Looking magnified, I believe I see conifers. Regards, Bob S. I really like it, but it could use a little boost in the midtones and darker midtones to get a bit more shadow detail. On Wed, Nov

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Jack Davis
, 2011 7:28 PM Subject: PESO: inferno https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the central North Island, New Zealand.  The mist is in fact steam from two crater lakes.  A very interesting place to visit

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Alastair Robertson
thanks for the comments Bob and Larry. I deliberately rendered it on the dark side to capture the mood I was trying to portray - hence the midtones are intended to be a shade above black, the mist close to white, and areas of black with black silhouettes for individual trees and bits of the cliff

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Larry Colen
On 11/2/2011 8:44 PM, Alastair Robertson wrote: thanks for the comments Bob and Larry. I deliberately rendered it on the dark side to capture the mood I was trying to portray - hence the midtones are intended to be a shade above black, the mist close to white, and areas of black with black

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Alastair Robertson
. Is that a human figure that appears in silhouette near the middle? Would show well as a large print. Like the BW choice. Jack - Original Message - From: Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:28 PM Subject: PESO