Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-24 Thread David J Brooks
My lilies are just starting to flower. I have 2 red and 2 yellow so far. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13528512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13528532 K10D, D FA 50 f2.8 macro, -23 on red channels Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://bro

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice. I find it harder to capture detail in red flowers, because the color often shows too much saturation compared to the surrounding green, but you have captured these very well. Dan On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:15 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > My lilies are just starting to flower. I have 2

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Very nice. I find it harder to capture detail in red flowers, because > the color often shows too much saturation compared to the surrounding > green, but you have captured these very well. > > Dan Thanks I have the same problem, but t

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-24 Thread Jack Davis
n Fri, 6/24/11, David J Brooks wrote: > From: David J Brooks > Subject: Peso's Asian Lilies > To: "Pentax Discuss" , "Barbara Brooks" , > "Petch Dianne" , "Jacquilene Currington" > > Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 8:15 AM > My

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-24 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Both are nice photos. On #1, you might crop or clone out the red flower in the upper left corner. The second is more interesting and I keep being drawn back ot the sharp shadows of the pistol's. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:15 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > My lilies are just s

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-24 Thread Ken Waller
Very nice capture the first one is, the second not so much - more of it needs to be in focus. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Peso's Asian Lilies My lilies are just starting to f

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-25 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Dave, > Both are nice photos. > On #1, you might crop or clone out the red flower in the upper left corner. > The second is more interesting and I keep being drawn back ot the > sharp shadows of the pistol's. > Regards,  Bob S. I was mulling

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-25 Thread David J Brooks
aller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" > Subject: Peso's Asian Lilies > > >> My lilies are just starting to flower. I have 2 red and 2 yellow so far. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-25 Thread Rick Womer
Dan, if you shoot RAW and then reduce the luminance of the red channel in Lightroom, red flowers come out very nicely--as Dave demonstrates here. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 6/24/11, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Very nice. I find it harder to > capture detail in red flowers,

Re: Peso's Asian Lilies

2011-06-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Nice! #2 is intriguing. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" To: "Pentax Discuss" ; "Barbara Brooks" ; "Petch Dianne" ; "Jacquilene Currington" Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:15 AM Subject: Peso's A