Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-04 Thread Brian Walters
On Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:28 PM, "Alastair Robertson" 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 steam from two > crat

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 wrote: > Like it - curious about the co

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 th

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 t

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

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Alastair Robertson
sorry for not replying earlier - for some reason my GMail accounts labels all your posts as SPAM not sure why. No, no human figures - trees and cliffs only Thanks for the kind comments Alastair On 3 November 2011 16:05, Jack Davis wrote: > Array of vents composed very well. Is that a human fig

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 silh

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 a

Re: PESO: inferno

2011-11-02 Thread Jack Davis
Array of vents composed very well. Is that a human figure that appears in silhouette near the middle? Would show well as a large print. Like the B&W choice. Jack - Original Message - From: Alastair Robertson To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:28 PM Subject: PESO

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 2

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 wrote: > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink > > This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geoth