Re: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-18 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 17 October 2011 09:09, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Went for a walk with some friends in the nearby park today.  Sometimes when I look at this I really like it, sometimes I think that the logs are too dark. But, this is about as much as I can lighten them without the leaves in the

PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread Larry Colen
Went for a walk with some friends in the nearby park today. Sometimes when I look at this I really like it, sometimes I think that the logs are too dark. But, this is about as much as I can lighten them without the leaves in the background getting too light. Comments? Suggestion?

Re: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread Tim Bray
Go back and shoot a couple hundred more. You'll get it eventually. It's a good subject! -T On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Went for a walk with some friends in the nearby park today.  Sometimes when I look at this I really like it, sometimes I think that

Re: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 10/17/2011 3:09 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Went for a walk with some friends in the nearby park today. Sometimes when I look at this I really like it, sometimes I think that the logs are too dark. But, this is about as much as I can lighten them without the leaves in the background getting

Re: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, October 17, 2011 1:09 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Went for a walk with some friends in the nearby park today. Sometimes when I look at this I really like it, sometimes I think that the logs are too dark. But, this is about as much as I can lighten them without the

Re: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I like the shot conceptually, too.. Elements has a pulldown window for brightness and contrast, and a button for shadows and highlights' with a sliding scale for degree of same... I use it a lot in this kind of situation - sometimes it needs too much and the result is to noisy but other times

RE: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread Don Guthrie
I don't think logs are too dark. Sometimes I have better luck with these deep forest pics on a very overcast day. YMMV. I do like the photo fine the way it is. From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO X marks the spot Message-ID: c70337b5

Re: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread steve harley
on 2011-10-17 02:09 Larry Colen wrote Went for a walk with some friends in the nearby park today. Sometimes when I look at this I really like it, sometimes I think that the logs are too dark. But, this is about as much as I can lighten them without the leaves in the background getting too

Re: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 17, 2011, at 12:05 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2011-10-17 02:09 Larry Colen wrote Went for a walk with some friends in the nearby park today. Sometimes when I look at this I really like it, sometimes I think that the logs are too dark. But, this is about as much as I can lighten

Re: PESO X marks the spot

2011-10-17 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/17/2011 7:46 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I like the shot conceptually, too.. Elements has a pulldown window for brightness and contrast, and a button for shadows and highlights' with a sliding scale for degree of same... I use it a lot in this kind of situation - sometimes it needs too